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Hearts prepare to entertain Glasgow Celtic at Tynecastle Stadium on Sunday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 55 of the 136 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 2003, the Jambo's carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 18 Oct | Celtic | 5 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 May | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Hearts | 2-1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Celtic | 4 - 2 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 20 Oct | Hearts | 1 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 28 Apr | Hearts | 1 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 23 Jan | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Heart Of Midlothian have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Jambo's in those games, with 4 conceded.
Celtic's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. Those games have seen the The Bhoys pummel 14 goals, and let in 6.
Hearts are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 33 points from 19 games. Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 19 games giving them a return of 55 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hearts are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Celtic will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hearts | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Celtic | 15 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |