Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, August 5, 2017
Heart of Midlothian LWWLL 1
–
Celtic WWWDW 4
1st2ndT
HOM011
CEL134
Celtic Park · 58,843 att.

Match Report

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 6Nir BittonCD-L
  3. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorAM
  7. 8Scott BrownLM
  8. 21Olivier NtchamRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 49James ForrestAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Jonathan HayesSUB
  2. 56Anthony RalstonSUB
  3. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  4. 35Kristoffer AjerSUB
  5. 88Kouassi EboueSUB
  6. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  7. 18Tom RogicSUB

HOM · 4-5-1

  1. 13Jack HamiltonG
  2. 6Christophe BerraCD-L
  3. 5Aaron HughesCD-R
  4. 27Rafal GrzelakLB
  5. 30Jamie BrandonRB
  6. 10Arnaud DjoumCM-L
  7. 8Prince BaubenCM-R
  8. 15Don CowieAM
  9. 33Lewis MooreLM
  10. 2Michael SmithRM
  11. 9Kyle LaffertyF

Substitutes

  1. 21Malaury MartinSUB
  2. 16Connor RandallSUB
  3. 4John SouttarSUB
  4. 18Conor SammonSUB
  5. 31Viktor NoringSUB
  6. 77Esmaël GonçalvesSUB
  7. 19Krystian NowakSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Celtic 1, Heart of Midlothian 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 31' Kyle Lafferty (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Michael Smith (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Celtic 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  6. 62' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Connor Randall replaces Prince Buaben.
  7. 63' Goal! Celtic 3, Heart of Midlothian 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  8. 67' Substitution, Celtic. Jonny Hayes replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  9. 68' Rafal Grzelak (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 69' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Esmael Gonçalves replaces Rafal Grzelak.
  11. 71' Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Conor Sammon replaces Kyle Lafferty.
  12. 73' Goal! Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 0. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
  13. 75' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
  14. 84' Goal! Celtic 4, Heart of Midlothian 1. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum.
  15. 87' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Olivier Ntcham.

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