Football Muse
·16 Mei 2026
Past head-to-head final-day title deciders, as Celtic face Hearts in epic showdown

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·16 Mei 2026

Celtic and Hearts will battle it out for the Scottish Premiership today in a dramatic conclusion to the campaign.
It's a winner-takes-all showdown at Celtic Park, with Hearts one point above defending champions Celtic heading into the final fixture.
The Edinburgh side are aiming to become the first Scottish side outside of Celtic and Rangers towin the title since 1985, in what has been one of the stories of the season. It all comes down to a tough trip to Glasgow, where Hearts can be crowned champions if the club avoid defeat.
Final-day head-to-head title deciders are rare, but there have been some memorable past occasions.
For the first and only time inSerie A history, a play-off match was scheduled to determine the league champions in 1964/65.
Bologna and Inter had both finished level on 54 points, with the former boasting a superior goal difference, though rules dictated a winner-takes-all play-off.
Bologna secured a famous 2-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to take the title.
Perhaps the most famous winner-takes-all showdown in European title-race history. The two teams had been due to meet a month earlier, but the fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the Hillsborough Disaster, in which 97Liverpool fans lost their lives.
Rearranged to late May, the teams were split by only three points ahead of the Anfield encounter. Liverpool led the table, whileArsenal required a win by two or more goals to overhaul the Reds at the summit.
Alan Smith's 53-minute goal put Arsenal ahead, but the game ticked towards full-time with the Gunners requiring a second goal.
In the final seconds, Michael Thomas burst into the Liverpool box to score, sealing the 2-0 win Arsenal needed to give the Gunners a first league title in 18 years.
It was a moment that stunned Anfield, and one of the most unforgettable in English football history.
Atletico Madrid travelled to Barcelona on the final weekend of the 2013/14 La Liga season, needing a positive result to win the title.
The capital club had not wonLa Liga for 18 years, while no team outside of Real Madrid or Barcelona had won the Spanish title in a decade.
Atletico fell behind to Alexis Sanchez's first-half strike, but Diego Godin's golden goal earned Atletico the point needed to be crowned champions.







































