Hearts are in pole position – for now. Avoid defeat at the home of Celtic, and they are SPL champions for the first time since 1960
After one of the most dramatic title races in Scottish football history, it all comes down to one game at Celtic Park.
Hearts are in pole position – for now. Avoid defeat at the home of Celtic, and they are SPL champions for the first time since 1960.
“It’s a perfect ending to a season for the league, for Scottish football, for drama and excitement,” said Hearts boss Derek McInnes ahead of Scotland’s first final-day title shootout since 1991. “It’s pure box office.
The last time the Scottish Premiership was not won by Celtic or Rangers was all the way back in 1984/85 when Aberdeen won two league championships in a row under a manager called Alex Ferguson.
Martin O’Neill’s Celtic were handed a lifeline on Wednesday when they defeated Motherwell with a contentiously awarded stoppage-time spot-kick.
McInnes branded the decision “disgusting” after his side’s victory over Falkirk on the same night, but said on Friday, on the eve of his club’s biggest ever match, that he did not want to get bogged down in talk about referees.
“It’s important now that we have that one big performance in us to try and get over the line and get the title won. The confidence I feel in the players is so strong. We have to go there with courage, with belief and be bullish,” said McInnes.
Hearts will have fewer than 1,000 supporters at the 60,000-capacity Celtic Park.
Here is everything you need to know about the game..
When is the game?
Saturday at 12.30pm
Where is the game?
Celtic Park
Is the game on TV?
Yes, the game will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland
Is the game being streamed?
Yes, Sky Sports will have a live stream of the game
Betting odds
Celtic 8/13
Hearts 9/2
Draw 17/5
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