Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian 7-1

Celtic beat Heart of Midlothian 7-1 at Celtic Park, with the result settled by a burst of first-half goals and a late second strike from Benjamin Nygren. Callum Osmand scored twice before the interval, and Celtic added three more after the break.

Kieran Tierney opened the scoring in the 7th minute from Liam Scales’ pass, Benjamin Nygren made it 2-0 on 10 minutes from Dane Murray’s assist, and Callum Osmand put Celtic 3-0 up in the 36th minute from Camilo Duran’s ball. Osmand then made it 4-0 two minutes later, again assisted by Duran, before Laurent Mendy pulled one back for Heart of Midlothian on 41 minutes from Josh McPake’s assist. Jamie McCart’s own goal in first-half stoppage time cut the gap to 4-2.

Celtic changed things at the interval, sending on Jota for Osmand on 45 minutes, while Heart of Midlothian also made a switch. Jota was booked on 49 minutes, then Duran restored Celtic’s three-goal lead on 49 minutes from Tierney’s assist. Mika Baur and Colby Donovan were booked shortly after, and Heart of Midlothian made two changes on 54 minutes before Celtic made three on 60 minutes. Nygren scored his second of the match in the 83rd minute from Kasper Hogh’s assist, after Hogh had come on on 60 minutes, to make it 6-2 before the late flurry was complete.

The numbers showed Heart of Midlothian had 52% possession and 528 passes to Celtic’s 485, and they also had more shots, 20 to 18. Celtic were more accurate, though, with 10 shots on target to five, a 4.12 to 1.27 xG edge, six corners to three, and four saves to three.

Celtic were booked three times, with Jota on 49 minutes, Mika Baur on 51 minutes and Colby Donovan on 52 minutes. Heart of Midlothian’s only booking went to Calvin Miller in the 34th minute.