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Celtic clinched their second successive Scottish Premiership title under Ange Postecoglou as Kyogo Furuhashi’s 30th goal of the season helped overcome stubborn 10-man Hearts at Tynecastle.
The visitors were out of sorts and second best until the stroke of half-time when Alex Cochrane’s yellow card for a foul on Daizen Maeda was upgraded to red following Video Assistant Referee intervention.
Kyogo made the breakthrough and sparked jubilation among the away support with his 50th Celtic goal before substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu steered in a second to ensure the club’s 11th title in 12 years.
It is a 53rd league crown overall for Celtic and they can complete a fifth treble in seven seasons with victory over second-tier Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Cup final on 3 June.
While fourth-place Hearts were incensed by Cochrane’s controversial dismissal, Celtic lapped up the celebrations of a title triumph that comes with four games to spare and has been a formality for weeks if not months.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Hearts
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 28Clark
- 72Hill
- 21Sibbick
- 15Rowles
- 19CochraneBooked at 45mins
- 14DevlinSubstituted forKiomourtzoglouat 74′minutes
- 5Haring
- 88OdaSubstituted forKingsleyat 45+2′minutes
- 9Shankland
- 18McKaySubstituted forGrantat 82′minutes
- 30GinnellySubstituted forHumphrysat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Kingsley
- 7Grant
- 8Kiomourtzoglou
- 12Atkinson
- 13Stewart
- 16Halliday
- 17Forrest
- 29Humphrys
- 45Tait
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 56Ralston
- 4Starfelt
- 18Kobayashi
- 3Taylor
- 33O’RileyBooked at 45minsSubstituted forMooyat 70′minutes
- 42McGregor
- 41HatateSubstituted forIwataat 86′minutes
- 17Neves FilipeSubstituted forHaksabanovicat 80′minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forOhat 70′minutes
- 38MaedaSubstituted forAbadaat 80′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Haksabanovic
- 11Abada
- 13Mooy
- 14Turnbull
- 19Oh
- 24Iwata
- 25Bernabei
- 29Bain
- 50Lawal
- Referee:
- Nick Walsh
- Attendance:
- 18,143
Live Text
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Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 2.
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Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 2.
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Attempt blocked. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
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Substitution, Celtic. Tomoki Iwata replaces Reo Hatate.
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Foul by Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic).
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James Hill (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Jorge Grant replaces Barrie McKay.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Stephen Humphrys replaces Josh Ginnelly.
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Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Celtic 2. Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
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Attempt blocked. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Reo Hatate.
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Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Jota.
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Substitution, Celtic. Liel Abada replaces Daizen Maeda.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Stephen Kingsley.
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Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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Barrie McKay (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Orestis Kiomourtzoglou replaces Cameron Devlin.
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Reo Hatate (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian).
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Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces Matt O’Riley.
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Heart of Midlothian
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Squad number28Player nameClark
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Squad number72Player nameHill
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Squad number21Player nameSibbick
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Squad number15Player nameRowles
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Squad number19Player nameCochrane
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Squad number14Player nameDevlin
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Squad number5Player nameHaring
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Squad number88Player nameOda
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Squad number9Player nameShankland
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Squad number18Player nameMcKay
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Squad number30Player nameGinnelly
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Squad number3Player nameKingsley
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Squad number7Player nameGrant
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Squad number8Player nameKiomourtzoglou
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Squad number29Player nameHumphrys
Celtic
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Squad number1Player nameHart
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Squad number56Player nameRalston
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Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
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Squad number18Player nameKobayashi
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Squad number3Player nameTaylor
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Squad number33Player nameO’Riley
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Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
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Squad number41Player nameHatate
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Squad number17Player nameJota
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Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
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Squad number38Player nameMaeda
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Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic
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Squad number11Player nameAbada
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Squad number13Player nameMooy
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Squad number19Player nameOh Hyeon-Gyu
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Squad number24Player nameIwata
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