Celtic vs Hearts Match Analysis and Prediction

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Celtic will looking to maintain their 100% start to the 2022/23 Premiership campaign when they welcome Hearts to the Celtic Park for their Matchday 04 tie on Sunday.

Celtic have won all their opening three matches beating Aberdeen 2-0 at home on the first day, before dispatching both Ross County (1-3) and Kilmarnock (0-5) in the subsequent days.

They now sit at the top of the league, level on nine points with their Old Firm rivals Rangers, who are the only other side that have maintained 100% start to the new campaign.

Therefore the champions will be looking to continue their winning ways on Saturday as they seek to continue leading the table. They have not lost in their last 14 matches across all competitions and they have beaten Hearts in their last four encounters, and should be confident of extend the run on Sunday.

Hearts finished third last season, and they seem ready to defend their spot as they currently sit third in the league standings with seven points from three matches.

They also still remain unbeaten in the new campaign claiming two victories and one draw and they will be looking to extend the run on Sunday.

They are coming off a 2-1 defeat to Zurich in the first leg of their Europa League qualification – playoff round, and they have much to amend for ahead of the Sunday’s clash against the league champions.

Celtic vs Hearts head to head

Both sides have met in 100 encounters since 1997 with Celtic claiming 71 victories, while Hearts have claimed 17 victories and there have been 12 draws.