Match Report
| Celtic | Celtic |  |  | Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tobias Jung | T. Jung |  | 57 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Alec Brady | A. Brady | |||||||||
| Jonathan Servidei | J. Servidei |  | 61 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 70 | | Duncan Henderson | D. Henderson | |||||||||
| Omer Winterburn | O. Winterburn |  | 56 | D | | 3 | | D | 59 | | Alex Booth | A. Booth | |||||||||
| Gianluca Gissi | G. Gissi | | 54 | D | | 4 | | D | 56 |  | Yannick Diablemont | Y. Diablemont | |||||||||
| Omer Richards | O. Richards | | 53 | D | | 5 | | D | 54 | | Stephen Hopkin | S. Hopkin | |||||||||
| John Morrison | J. Morrison | | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Stuart Ritchie | S. Ritchie | |||||||||
| Kevin Glass | K. Glass | | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Colin Burley | C. Burley | |||||||||
| Alec Liddell | A. Liddell | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Billy Elliott | B. Elliott | |||||||||
| Don Law | D. Law | | 63 | A | | 9 | | M | 58 |  | Pedro Santos | P. Santos | |||||||||
| Gavin Thomson | G. Thomson | | 59 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Kevin Strachan | K. Strachan | |||||||||
| Matt White | M. White | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | David Ritchie | D. Ritchie | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Celtic Park where Celtic play host to Heart of Midlothian. A crowd of 9,509 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Celtic are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Heart of Midlothian appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Celtic are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Heart of Midlothian appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Celtic kick off!
2.34
0-0Duncan Henderson advances with the ball. Duncan Henderson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan lofts in a cross ball towards David Ritchie. David Ritchie heads the ball goalwards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
3.18
0-0Stuart Ritchie makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Omer Richards.
4.56
John Morrison knocks the ball to his team mate, Gavin Thomson. Gavin Thomson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
6.22
John Morrison makes a beautiful solo run. John Morrison tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
8.51
Alec Liddell passes the ball forward to Matt White. Matt White shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
15.33
Jonathan Servidei controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, John Morrison. John Morrison makes a probing pass to Matt White. Matt White shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
20.56
0-1Pedro Santos knocks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan tries a spectacular long range effort. What a cracker!! Tobias Jung had no chance!! Goal for Heart of Midlothian!
24.47
Billy Elliott passes the ball forward to David Ritchie. David Ritchie knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gianluca Gissi.
26.54
0-1Billy Elliott makes a simple pass to Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan whips in a cross ball towards David Ritchie. David Ritchie heads the ball goalwards. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
30.19
Gianluca Gissi knocks the ball to his team mate, John Morrison. John Morrison knocks the ball forward to Matt White. Matt White whips in a cross ball towards Don Law. Don Law flicks the ball with his head but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
32.23
0-1Stephen Hopkin makes a simple pass to Billy Elliott. Billy Elliott threads the ball through to Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan knocks the ball forward to David Ritchie but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
34.11
John Morrison kicks a strong pass forward to Don Law. Don Law lofts in a cross ball towards Gavin Thomson. Gavin Thomson heads the ball goalwards but it curls horrendously wide!
44.41
Omer Winterburn threads the ball through to Alec Liddell. Alec Liddell threads the ball through to Don Law. Don Law knocks in a cross ball towards Matt White. Matt White heads the ball goalwards but it is miles over!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Heart of Midlothian kick off and get the second half underway!
47.31
0-1Celtic are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
48.13
Yannick Diablemont flicks the ball to his team mate, Stuart Ritchie. Stuart Ritchie flicks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
49.35
Billy Elliott threads the ball through to Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan shoots from 20 yards. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
54.55
Kevin Glass takes it forward alone. Kevin Glass shoots from long range but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
59.58
Alec Liddell makes a simple pass to Matt White. Matt White whips in a cross ball towards Gavin Thomson. Gavin Thomson powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Alec Brady!
61.15
Yannick Diablemont kicks a strong pass forward to Colin Burley. Colin Burley chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan knocks in a cross ball towards David Ritchie. David Ritchie directs the ball goalwards with his head but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
63.13
0-2Omer Winterburn catches Kevin Strachan on the ankles. Omer Winterburn is shown the yellow card! Kevin Strachan runs off the knock.
65.21
Gianluca Gissi sees space and advances. Gianluca Gissi makes a probing pass to Don Law. Don Law finds some space and shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
67.34
Pedro Santos threads the ball through to Kevin Strachan. Kevin Strachan shoots from 20 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
69.56
Omer Richards threads the ball through to Kevin Glass. Kevin Glass advances with the ball. Kevin Glass shoots from long range but Alec Brady is on top of it.
72.04
Kevin Glass kicks a strong pass forward to Gavin Thomson. Gavin Thomson shoots from outside the area but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
73.13
Duncan Henderson advances with the ball. Duncan Henderson takes it forward alone. Duncan Henderson knocks the ball forward to David Ritchie. David Ritchie takes a shot at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
87.57
Celtic are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Heart of Midlothian's defence.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
0
3
Shots on Target
2
4
Shots off Target
10
4
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
46.5%
53.5%
Play Area
26.7%
45.3%
27.9%
Scorers
| Kevin Strachan 21, 49 David Ritchie 73 |