Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Celtic and Hearts, taking place on Saturday, 16 December 2023, at Celtic Park in Glasgow.
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Celtic, Recent FormThe Celtic squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-1 away defeat against Kilmarnock, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 68% possession in that match and had 16 strikes at goal, with 7 hitting the target, up against Kilmarnock's tally of 13 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
With 18 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Brendan Rodgers will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 5 goals in the same period. They have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 home games; however, overall they've scored in 15 of their 17 games this season.
They have not lost at home for an impressive 52 games in a row.
When home matches come round at Celtic Park, David Turnbull will feel confident of adding more goals to his tally of 6 goals in Celtic's last 6 home league matches.
Hearts, Recent FormThe Hearts players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Aberdeen recently, that ended in a 2-1 defeat. Their share of possession in that meeting was 49%, while racking up 5 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Aberdeen had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target.
Manager Steven Naismith will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and they have recorded 7 clean sheets in their 16 games so far this season.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
Away from home in the league, Lawrence Shankland has given the Hearts travelling fans plenty to get excited about, with 4 goals from their last 6 games on the road.
After a good 1-4 win for Celtic in this pair's last league encounter, Hearts will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
Celtic will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against The Jam Tarts, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 15 meetings between the two. In the previous 5 matches between these sides, The Bhoys have shown they know their way around the Hearts defence having scored 15 times against them in those 5 matches.
It's been a long time since Hearts has enjoyed a trip to Celtic Park in the league, with Celtic having won each of their last 13 meetings there and not lost to the visitors in 27 games.
Kyogo Furuhashi is on a hot scoring streak against Hearts, having scored in each of Celtic's last 6 meetings with them.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Liel Abada (Thigh), Reo Hatate (Hamstring), Daizen Maeda (Knee) and James McCarthy (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Steven Naismith has a number of injury concerns in his Hearts squad to contend with: Liam Boyce (Leg), Cammy Devlin (Unknown) and Odel Offiah (Illness)
Celtic Playing at home | Hearts Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 36' |
| 60' | Time first goal conceded | 58' |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 6-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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