In a mid week match on Wednesday Jan 26th, in week 23, Hearts will host Celtic in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. 3rd placed Hearts is fresh off their 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 In the end, St. Johnstone was frustrated by Hearts’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hearts ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hearts should be reasonably happy with their performance, 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 At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hibernian couldn’t manage to score, and Celtic took the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On the 2nd of December, Celtic hosted Hearts at the Celtic Park in their last match together. Celtic won by a score of 1 to 0. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 33rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else 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 Abada. The Israeli attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Josh Ginnelly has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.