On the 21st of August, Celtic will play host to Hearts in a clash of the Premiership. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Celtic is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Kilmarnock. Kyogo Furuhashi struck first for Celtic in the 7th minute on a feed from Daizen Maeda, then João Filipe added another in the 35th minute In the end, Kilmarnock couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while hearts is fresh off their 4-1 win against Dundee United. Lawrence Shankland struck first for Hearts in the 1st minute on a feed from Cameron Devlin, then Barrie McKay added another in the 48th minute. Hearts is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Celtic won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 losss.
Hearts’s most prolific scorer has been Lawrence Shankland. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. For Celtic, their top scorers are Daizen Maeda and Moritz Jenz, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.