Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, April 30, 2016
Celtic WDWLD 3
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Heart of Midlothian LLWDL 1
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CEL123
HOM011
Tynecastle Park · 16,527 att.

Match Report

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Celtic have one hand on SPL title after victory over Hearts

Celtic effectively clinched their fifth successive league title with a convincing 3-1 win over Hearts at Tynecastle.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HOM · 3-5-2

  1. 1Neil AlexanderG
  2. 5Alim ÖztürkCD
  3. 4Blazej AugustynCD-L
  4. 24John SouttarCD-R
  5. 23Perry KitchenCM-L
  6. 7Jamie WalkerCM-R
  7. 8Prince BaubenAM
  8. 17Juwon OshaniwaLM
  9. 21Don CowieRM
  10. 16Arnaud DjoumCF-L
  11. 19JuanmaCF-R

CEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 4Efe AmbroseCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Scott BrownCM-L
  7. 6Nir BittonCM-R
  8. 42Callum McGregorLM
  9. 27Patrick RobertsRM
  10. 9Leigh GriffithsCF-L
  11. 13Colin Kazim-RichardsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Prince Buaben (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 17' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 1. Colin Kazim-Richards (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig.
  4. 45' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Callum Paterson replaces Blazej Augustyn.
  5. 45' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Abiola Dauda replaces Don Cowie because of an injury.
  6. 57' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Celtic 1. Abiola Dauda (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Walker.
  7. 63' Colin Kazim-Richards (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  8. 66' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Celtic 2. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 69' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Patrick Roberts.
  10. 77' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Sam Nicholson replaces Prince Buaben.
  11. 84' Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Celtic 3. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  13. 85' John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 86' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  15. 90'+3' Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Celtic. Kris Commons replaces Scott Brown because of an injury.

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