Hearts vs Celtic: Match preview, head-to-head, predicted line-ups, team news, prediction | OneFootball

Heart of Midlothian host Celtic in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.

They ground out a 2-0 home victory against St Mirren in their last league outing, while Celtic claimed a 1-0 victory at Falkirk.

Match preview

Hearts head into the fixture looking to extend their six-point lead over second-placed Celtic.

The leaders have yet to lose at home in the league this season, collecting 27 points from 11 games.

The Jambos will bid to make history here by beating Celtic three consecutive times in a league season for the first time.

The Hoops remain unbeaten under Martin O’Neill, who is in his second spell as interim manager this season.

After losing six out of eight games under former manager Wilfried Nancy, Celtic are undefeated in their last four fixtures and will arrive for this clash with confidence.

Celtic have lost four times on the road in the league this term and will have to arrest their erratic away form to prevent setting an unwanted record.

Team news

Hearts will be without Lawrence Shankland, Cameron Devlin, Oisin McEntee, Calem Nieuwenhof, Finlay Pollock, Ageu, Stephen Kingsley and Beni Baningime.

The visitors will also be missing Jota, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Callum Osmand, Kelechi Iheanacho and Marcelo Saracchi.

Head-to-head

Hearts have claimed 21 wins and 17 draws in 120 previous meetings with Celtic.

Predicted line-ups

Hearts (4-2-3-1): Alexander Schwolow, Michael Steinwender, Craig Halkett, Stuart Findlay, Harry Milne, Tomas Magnusson, Marc Leonard, Blair Spittal, Alexandros Kyziridis, Claudio Braga, Islam Chesnokov.

Celtic (4-2-3-1): Kasper Schmeichel, Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales, Auston Trusty, Colby Donovan, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Sebastian Tounekti, Reo Hatate, Yang Hyun-Jun, Daizen Maeda.

Prediction

We predict a 2-1 win for Celtic.

Stats from whoscored.com, transfermarkt.com & whoscored com.