In this week 23 match, on Wednesday Jan 26th, Hearts hosts Celtic at Tynecastle Park in a Premiership match. In their last match, 3rd placed Hearts, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against St. Johnstone. Josh Ginnelly scored the first goal for Hearts in the 46th minute, then Josh Ginnelly added another in the 75th minute on a feed from Barrie McKay In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Hearts ran away with the shutout win. Hearts should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while celtic is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Hibernian. Daizen Maeda struck first for Celtic in the 4th minute on a feed from Tom Rogić, then Josip Juranović added another in the 25th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Hibernian couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
Hearts and Celtic last played eachother at the Celtic Park on Dec 2nd. Celtic was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hearts couldn’t manage to score, and Celtic took the shutout win.
Celtic’s most prolific scorer has been Liel Abada. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Josh Ginnelly has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in his last five matches with 2 goals.