Celtic vs. Hearts live score: Scottish Premiership title match result, updates, stats

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It all comes down to this.

Hearts, leaders of the Scottish Premiership since September, face second-place Celtic on the final day in Glasgow. One point separates them. Rangers, two points back of the leaders, are more or less out of the race.

It means Saturday's game is essentially a cup final — a one-off contest to determine whether Hearts will break the 40-year duopoly in Scottish football and end the Celtic-Rangers strangehold.

The Sporting News is following the Celtic vs. Hearts match live, providing score updates and commentary

Celtic vs. Hearts live score

Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow (Scotland)
Referee: Don Robertson

Predicted lineups:

Celtic (4-2-3-1, right to left): Sinisalo (GK) — Johnston, Scales, Trusty, Tierney — McGregor, Engels — Yang, Nygren, Tounekti — Maeda

Hearts (4-4-2, right to left): Schwolow (GK) — Steinwner, Kent, Findlay, Milne — Kyziridis, Baningime, Devlin, Spittal — Shankland, Braga

Celtic vs. Hearts live updates, highlights, and commentary

Pregame: What a day this is — a title-decider in Scotland that only includes one of the Old Firm duo!

MORE: The last time a team other than Celtic or Rangers won the Scottish title

Celtic vs. Hearts permutations, scenarios

If Celtic win: They will end the season on 82 points, ahead of Hearts on 80. In that scenario, Celtic would be champions UNLESS Rangers also win and by a big enough score to overtake them on goal difference. They are currently level with Celtic on +30.

If Hearts win: They will be champions. A Hearts victory would see them end the season with 83 points, four above Celtic and at least one more than Rangers.

If the game is a draw: Hearts will win the league UNLESS Rangers win by a big enough score to overtake them on goal difference. They are currently five goals behind, so this is unlikely.

Celtic vs. Hearts kick off time

The match kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland at 12:30 p.m. local time.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:

Celtic vs. Hearts team news

Celtic

• Celtic are still battling a lengthy injury list. Tomas Cvancara, Colby Donovan, Julian Araujo, Kasper Schmeichel, Callum Osmand, Adam Montgomery, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota are all expected to miss out.

Hearts

• Hearts could be without Craig Gordon, Oisin McEntee, Tomas Magnusson, Calem Nieuwenhof, Ageu, Finlay Pollock, Craig Halkett and Marc Leonard.

Celtic vs. Hearts live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world's major regions: