In a weekend match on Sat Oct 22nd, in week 12, Hearts hosts Celtic in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 7th placed Hearts, recorded a 0-2 loss against Aberdeen. Luis Lopes struck first for Aberdeen in the 74th minute on a feed from Ylber Ramadani, then Vicente Besuijen added another in the 79th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hearts couldn’t manage to score, and Aberdeen took the shutout win. Hearts is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Celtic is fresh off their 6-1 blowout win against Hibernian. James Forrest scored the first goal for Celtic in the 9th minute, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Alexandro Bernabéi. Celtic looks to continue their winning ways, having won 9 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Celtic Park, Celtic was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Kyogo Furuhashi struck first for Celtic in the 13th minute on a feed from Daizen Maeda, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josip Juranović In the end, Hearts couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win.
Celtic is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Giorgos Giakoumakis and James Forrest each having 3 goals in their last five. Alan Forrest has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in his last five matches with 2 goals.