Hearts and Celtic: Key Statistical Insights

Following their 2-0 victory in March of the previous season, Hearts has the opportunity to secure consecutive home league wins against Celtic, a feat not achieved since August 2006 when Valdas Ivanauskas was in charge. Celtic has emerged victorious in their two most recent league encounters with Hearts, keeping clean sheets in both matches. The last time they achieved a streak of three consecutive wins with clean sheets against the Jambos in the Scottish Premiership was in May 2017, during Brendan Rodgers’ initial tenure. In the Scottish Premiership this season, Celtic leads with 177 recorded pressed sequences, surpassing Hearts, who have 162, making Celtic the only team with a higher count. Celtic has maintained a perfect record in all six of their away league fixtures this season, achieving an aggregate score of 18-1. Historically, the Hoops have only won their first seven away matches of a league campaign in 1957-58 (10 wins), 1971-72 (9 wins), and 2017-18 (7 wins). Nicolas Kuhn of Celtic has been a direct contributor to 21 shots this Scottish Premiership season after carrying the ball (comprising 10 shots and 11 chances created), which is the highest figure among all players. Furthermore, his total ball carry distance of 2,087 metres represents the longest distance recorded by any non-defender in the competition this term.