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Hearts prepare to entertain Celtic at Tynecastle Stadium on Sunday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 60 of the 142 previous games, with the Jambo's winning just 53.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Tynecastle Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2006, with Hearts running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 30 Apr | Hearts | 3-0 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 05 Apr | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 01 Jan | Hearts | 2 - 3 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Celtic | 1 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 15 May | Hearts | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 10 Apr | Hearts | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Celtic | 0 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, Jambo's have smashed 14 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 1.
Celtic's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Those games have seen the The Bhoys pummel 18 goals, and let in 8.
Hearts find themselves in a respectable 3rd position, courtesy of the 3 points they have accumulated from 1 games. Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 1 games giving them a return of 3 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Celtic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hearts are starting to turn Tynecastle Stadium into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occassion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Celtic | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |