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Celtic can effectively wrap up the Scottish Premiership title when they host Hearts on Saturday lunchtime.

He will be assisted by Dougie Potter and Ross Macleod, while the fourth official is Andrew Dallas. Don Robertson is the man in the middle. While the pressure is off their Celtic Park opponents – Hearts have already clinched third place – the visitors will be keen to finish their league campaign on a high with the Scottish Cup final against Rangers on the horizon.

Match report as Celtic beat Hearts to move to the brink of the Scottish Premiership title; Ellis Simms gave Hearts an early lead; goals from Daizen Maeda, ...

Carl Starfelt appealed for offside as he failed to cut out the flick-on but his trailing leg was probably playing Simms on. If you don't get these decisions then it's going to be a very difficult game. Probably not." Craig Gordon was outstanding as well. Jota was involved again, bringing down a high ball and feeding Greg Taylor's overlap. Match report as Celtic beat Hearts to move to the brink of the Scottish Premiership title; Ellis Simms gave Hearts an early lead; goals from Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Matt O'Riley and Giorgos Giakoumakis secured win; Celtic will officially be champions if Rangers drop points on Sunday

The Hoops are nine points clear and have a far superior goal difference over second-placed Rangers, who have just three games left.

Jota was involved again, bringing down a high ball and feeding Greg Taylor’s overlap. Carl Starfelt appealed for offside as he failed to cut out the flick-on but his trailing leg was probably playing Simms on. Maeda failed to make the most of two chances early in the second half and O’Riley struck the inside of the post from 18 yards.

Celtic effectively put the Scottish Premiership title beyond the reach of Rangers after coming from behind to beat Hearts 4-1.

Carl Starfelt appealed for offside as he failed to cut out the flick-on but his trailing leg was probably playing Simms on. Jota was involved again, bringing down a high ball and feeding Greg Taylor's overlap. "It’s not always just about the destination. Maeda failed to make the most of two chances early in the second half and O'Riley struck the inside of the post from 18 yards. "We’ll go hard on Wednesday and get back here and go hard again in the last game." It’s what we’ve been doing all year.

The victory put Celtic nine points and 22 goals ahead of Rangers, who have three games left starting with Sunday's Ibrox clash with Dundee United. Only an ...

Jota was involved again, bringing down a high ball and feeding Greg Taylor’s overlap. Carl Starfelt appealed for offside as he failed to cut out the flick-on but his trailing leg was probably playing Simms on. Ellis Simms threatened to spoil the party when he fired Hearts into an early lead but Celtic turned the game around before half-time through goals from Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi.

The victory put Celtic nine points and 22 goals ahead of Rangers, who have three games left starting with Sunday's Ibrox clash with Dundee United.

Carl Starfelt appealed for offside as he failed to cut out the flick-on but his trailing leg was probably playing Simms on. Jota was involved again, bringing down a high ball and feeding Greg Taylor's overlap. Ellis Simms threatened to spoil the party when he fired Hearts into an early lead but Celtic turned the game around before half-time in controversial fashion through goals from Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi.

The Scottish Premiership title is heading back to Celtic.They beat Hearts 4-1 to all-but secure the trophy, as it's now almost impossible for second-placed ...

Daizen Maeda strikes the equalizer and Japanese compatriot Kyogo Furuhashi heads in the winner as the duo help power Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic in ...

The Scottish Premiership title is within touching distance of Celtic. The Hoops came back from behind to get a magnificent 4-1 win over Hearts, thanks to ...

The Manchester City legend had spent the past few years struggling to get first-team minutes at a series of clubs and many believed that his time as a top level goalkeeper was over. Goalkeeping had been an area of concern for Celtic last season, with Vasilis Barkas, Scott Bain and Conor Hazard, all struggling to hold on to the first-team gloves. Their two remaining games are against Dundee United away from home and Motherwell at Parkhead. On top of that, their goal difference is 22 better than the Rangers.

It is standard for Postecoglou and his players to make their way around the arena at the conclusion of every home encounter and acknowledge the backing from ...

Celtic slipped through the gears to motor their way back into the contest, and the revs that produced in turn engaged their support. And the honour that the Australian and his squad have brought to their club is of a magnitude that demands to be recognised in full. Matt O’Riley an elegant, inventive presence and McGregor a bundle of energy as they combined with the fleet-footed Jota, Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi to leave Hearts reeling. Their goal quartet against Hearts, which came after Ellis Simms had lashed in a low effort only three minutes in, took their goal haul to 85 for the campaign. Not since the Ibrox side in 1993-94 has a team proved so faltering in this opening stretch of games and still won the league. Heck, they will shortly be in the position of having snared 16 out of 22.

Celtic edged one step closer to the cinch Premiership title after they came from a goal behind to ease past Hearts 4-1.

The Dons opened the scoring in the 55th minute when Jonny Hayes delivered a ball to the back post and Declan Gallagher nodded to David Bates for the finish. The visitors took the lead in the 76th minute when Glenn Middleton was on hand to head home James Brown's cross, but Fitzwater struck in stoppage time with a finish from inside the six-yard box. The Buddies did not take long to open the scoring when Alex Grieve fired home in the fourth minute and Curtis Main's effort in the 55th minute was enough to earn victory.