Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, April 2, 2017
Celtic WWWDW 5
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Heart of Midlothian LLLWL 0
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CEL235
HOM000
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Match Report

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Scott Sinclair treble fires Celtic to Scottish Premiership title

A sensational Scott Sinclair hat trick helped Celtic secure their sixth successive Premiership title in a commanding 5-0 win over Hearts.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

HOM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack HamiltonG
  2. 12Anastasios AvlonitisCD-L
  3. 19Krystian NowakCD-R
  4. 46Leonard SowahLB
  5. 27Andraz StrunaRB
  6. 15Don CowieAM
  7. 4Alexandros TziolisLM
  8. 6Perry KitchenRM
  9. 77Esmaël GonçalvesF
  10. 7Jamie WalkerAM-L
  11. 20Bjorn JohnsenAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Prince BaubenSUB
  2. 88Malaury MartinSUB
  3. 11Sam NicholsonSUB
  4. 13Viktor NoringSUB
  5. 30Rory CurrieSUB
  6. 24Liam SmithSUB
  7. 22Angus BeithSUB

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-L
  3. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Scott BrownCM
  7. 42Callum McGregorLM
  8. 14Stuart ArmstrongRM
  9. 27Patrick RobertsF
  10. 49James ForrestLF
  11. 11Scott SinclairRF

Substitutes

  1. 2Kolo TouréSUB
  2. 88Kouassi EboueSUB
  3. 12Cristian GamboaSUB
  4. 26Logan BaillySUB
  5. 16Gary Mackay-StevenSUB
  6. 76Jack AitchisonSUB
  7. 6Nir BittonSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 1. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  3. 27' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 2. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  4. 33' Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 33' Callum McGregor (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 42' James Forrest (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Krystian Nowak (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 55' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 3. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
  9. 61' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 4. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  10. 65' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Malaury Martin replaces Jamie Walker.
  11. 65' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Prince Buaben replaces Alexandros Tziolis.
  12. 69' Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 71' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Angus Beith replaces Esmael Gonçalves.
  14. 79' Substitution, Celtic. Gary Mackay-Steven replaces Patrick Roberts.
  15. 80' Substitution, Celtic. Cristian Gamboa replaces Mikael Lustig.
  16. 84' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 5. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  17. 87' Substitution, Celtic. Kolo Touré replaces Dedryck Boyata.

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