Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Hearts and Celtic, taking place on Sunday, 22 October 2023, at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh.
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Hearts, Recent FormIt was just a point apiece for Hearts and Hibernian in their last match, which ended in a 2-2 draw. They achieved 50% possession in that match and had 21 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Hibernian's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 5 and seen valuable points lost. They have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 home games.
Having lost 3 of their last 6 matches and recorded only 2 victories, this has to be seen as a poor run of results.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Hearts, Yutaro Oda will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Celtic, Recent FormCeltic enter this game with a comfortable 3-1 home win over Kilmarnock last time out in the league. In that game they had 77% possession and managed 27 attempts on goal, with 12 on target, compared to Kilmarnock who had 6 attempts and 1 on target.
Brendan Rodgers will be more than satisfied with his side's form of late, having recorded 12 goals in their last 6 encounters and only conceded 2 goals in that time. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, and they've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games overall.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 5 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 9 games.
Matt O'Riley will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Celtic.
Hearts suffered the disappointment of a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Celtic the last time they met in the league.
The Hearts defence has struggled against The Bhoys in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 14 games. In the previous 5 matches between these sides, Celtic have shown they know their way around The Jam Tarts defence having scored 15 times against them in those 5 matches.
Hearts will be desperate to get some points from this game, having lost the last 7 times they've faced Celtic in the league.
Kyogo Furuhashi is on a hot scoring streak against Hearts, having scored in each of Celtic's last 0 meetings with them.
Hearts manager Steven Naismith has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Nathaniel Atkinson (Ankle), Craig Gordon (Broken leg), Craig Halkett (Knee), Barrie McKay (Knee), Yutaro Oda (Knock) and Kyosuke Tagawa (Knock) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Brendan Rodgers has a number of injury concerns in his Celtic squad to contend with: Liel Abada (Thigh), James McCarthy (Hamstring), Maik Nawrocki (Hamstring), Marco Tilio (Unknown) and Stephen Welsh (Ankle)
Hearts Playing at home | Celtic Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 0.5 |
| 21' | Time first goal scored | 39' |
| 48' | Time first goal conceded | 60' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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