Hearts Of Midlothian FC

vs

Celtic FC

Preview

Hearts

• Hearts sit top of the Premiership 2025-2026 table with 22 points from 8 games, the league's best start.
• Hearts are flying with five straight wins in the Premiership, most recently a 3-0 win at Kilmarnock.
• Hearts have won their last two home games to nil against Falkirk and Hibernian.

Celtic

• Celtic FC are five points behind in second place after collecting 17 points from 8 matches.
• Celtic have failed to win two of their last four away Premiership games, drawing one and losing the other, averaging 1.00 goals per game and conceding an average of 0.75 goals on the road, according to our Hearts Of Midlothian FC vs Celtic FC prediction.

Key Players

• The Hoops are still the more high-scoring side with Benjamin Nygren, who has four goals in eight Premiership appearances and has chipped in with assists on three of the goals in Celtic’s last five.
  • Four goals in eight Premiership appearances.
  • Three assists in Celtic’s last five games.

Betting Insights

• The bookmakers make Rodgers’ men slight favorites at 2.12, with Hearts at 3.25 and the draw at 3.5.
• The Both teams to score market is priced at 1.62. This section also offers key Hearts Of Midlothian FC vs Celtic FC betting tips for punters.

Prediction

• The contrast in these two teams’ playing styles should make for an intriguing clash of possession versus organisation at Tynecastle, with tempo and transitional moments key to deciding the outcome.
• There is enough going for both teams to think they can win here and they will both cause problems for each other.