Celtic vs Hearts Prediction, Odds and Betting Tips (02/12/21)

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This match sees second take on third. Who wins? Find out with our Celtic vs Hearts preview here along with the predictions and free tips we mention along the way.

Celtic vs Hearts: Our top betting tips

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These odds from Ladbrokes were correct at the time of writing.

Contents

1 Celtic vs Hearts: Our top betting tips
2 The best odds for Celtic vs Hearts
3 Celtic vs Hearts: Meet the teams
4 The final word on Celtic vs Hearts

A home win with both teams scoring

Hearts have always struggled against Celtic; they’ve lost 29 of their last 35 encounters with Celtic. It’s fair to point out that Hearts have three wins in that stretch, and those wins all came at home. You’d have to go all the way back to 2012 in order to find the last time Celtic lost to Hearts at home; Celtic have won 14 and drawn just once the last 15 times Hearts came visiting. Both teams have scored in seven of the last nine meetings between these teams; for these reasons, we believe that Celtic will win, and Hearts will score.

Goals, goals, goals

Celtic have been the highest-scoring team in the Premiership this season; their games have mostly been on the high-scoring side. Four of Celtic’s last five games have gone over 2.5, with three of those games going over 4.5. Just like Celtic, Hearts have scored a lot of goals this season; only Celtic and Rangers have scored more goals than Hearts this season. These teams have a tendency to score a lot of goals whenever they meet; as nine of their last 10 meetings have gone over 2.5. Considering these are some of the highest-scoring teams in the league, we should expect the goals to flow here.

Both teams to score

Celtic have been one of the most consistent teams in terms of scoring goals; they’ve scored in their last five, and 10 of their last 11 games. In the same vein, Hearts haven’t had much trouble scoring, they’ve done so in nine of their last 10 games. The Jam Tarts have not been very good defensively, they’ve conceded in six of their last seven games. It’s important to note that both teams have scored in seven of the last nine clashes between these teams. Considering both teams scored in five of Hearts’ last seven games, we should expect goals at both ends.

The best odds for Celtic vs Hearts

Scotland Premiership

Celtic

Hearts

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Celtic vs Hearts
Head to Head
26/01/22 SP	Hearts Hearts	1 - 2	Celtic Celtic
02/12/21 SP	Celtic Celtic	1 - 0	Hearts Hearts
15/08/21 SLC	Celtic Celtic	3 - 2	Hearts Hearts
31/07/21 SP	Hearts Hearts	2 - 1	Celtic Celtic
20/12/20 SFC	Celtic Celtic	3 - 3	Hearts Hearts

Celtic
Last 5
01/05/22 SP	Celtic Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers Rangers
24/04/22 SP	Ross County Ross County	0 - 2	Celtic Celtic
17/04/22 SFC	Celtic Celtic	1 - 2	Rangers Rangers
09/04/22 SP	Celtic Celtic	7 - 0	St Johnstone St Johnstone
03/04/22 SP	Rangers Rangers	1 - 2	Celtic Celtic

Hearts
Last 5
30/04/22 SP	Hearts Hearts	0 - 0	Ross County Ross County
24/04/22 SP	Dundee Utd Dundee Utd	2 - 3	Hearts Hearts
16/04/22 SFC	Hearts Hearts	2 - 1	Hibernian Hibernian
09/04/22 SP	Hearts Hearts	3 - 1	Hibernian Hibernian
02/04/22 SP	Ross County Ross County	1 - 1	Hearts Hearts

Celtic vs Hearts: Meet the teams

Celtic

Celtic rebounded from their Europa League defeat with a 2:1 win against Aberdeen; The Bhoys have now won nine of their last 11 games in all competitions. Ange Postecoglou’s men will be eyeing another win as Hearts come visiting; all eyes will be on Kyogo Furuhashi today.

Hearts

Hearts have had some mixed results recently; they have two wins, two draws and two losses from their last six games. Robbie Nielson’s men will overtake Celtic for the second spot if they win today; they’ll look to Liam Boyce to fire them to victory.