Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, August 7, 2016
Celtic WLDLW 2
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Heart of Midlothian WWLDL 1
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CEL112
HOM101
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Match Report

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Debutant Scott Sinclair scores to give Celtic win over Hearts

Scott Sinclair kicked off his Celtic career in style by coming off the bench to score the late winner in a 2-1 victory over Hearts.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HOM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jack HamiltonG
  2. 14John SouttarCD-L
  3. 4Igor RossiCD-R
  4. 2Callum PatersonLB
  5. 3Faycal RherrasRB
  6. 15Don CowieCM-L
  7. 10Arnaud DjoumCM-R
  8. 11Sam NicholsonLM
  9. 7Jamie WalkerRM
  10. 18Conor SammonCF-L
  11. 32Tony WattCF-R

CEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 2Kolo TouréCD-L
  3. 34Eoghan O'ConnellCD-R
  4. 23Mikael LustigLB
  5. 63Kieran TierneyRB
  6. 8Scott BrownCM-L
  7. 14Stuart ArmstrongCM-R
  8. 49James ForrestLM
  9. 42Callum McGregorRM
  10. 10Moussa DembéléCF-L
  11. 9Leigh GriffithsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 1. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 11' Conor Sammon (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 18' Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 29' Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 35' Craig Gordon (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 36' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Celtic 1. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 36' Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 50' Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 55' Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 61' Substitution, Celtic. Scott Sinclair replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  11. 61' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Robbie Muirhead replaces Tony Watt.
  12. 73' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Eoghan O'Connell.
  13. 76' Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 78' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 78' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Prince Buaben replaces Conor Sammon.
  16. 81' Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Celtic 2. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
  17. 81' Scott Sinclair (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  18. 83' Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  19. 90'+2' Moussa Dembele (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.

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