Celtic 3-1 Hearts — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Scotland - Premiership, 16 May 2026

📅16/05/2026 · 🕒14:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
57%
1.61
Draw
22%
3.94
Away
21%
4.31
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
2.29
Over 2.5
54%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.61
No
48%
2.16
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
4.45
2-3 Goals
35%
1.87
4-5 Goals
27%
2.76
6+ Goals
11%
7.65
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
2.02
1/2
7%
34.0
1/X
6%
14.05
X/1 EV+ ✓
24%
4.31
X/2
8%
10.15
X/X
8%
6.12
2/1
7%
20.0
2/2
6%
7.45
2/X
8%
15.55
Value flag · X/1 at 4.31 — our 24% vs market 18.2%. Landed.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
57%
Home Win
58%
-0.6pp
22%
Draw
22%
-0.4pp
21%
Away Win
20%
+1.0pp
46%
Under 2.5
40%
+6.2pp
54%
Over 2.5
60%
-6.2pp
52%
BTTS Yes
58%
-6.2pp
48%
BTTS No
42%
+6.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Celtic EU Bookmakers 62%
Head to Head
AWAY Hearts EU Bookmakers 23%
+1% / -11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +3% / +7%
2.01/0.92 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.41/1.41
+18% / -28% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +25% / +0%
57% Ball Possession 43%
15 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
391 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 254 · 73%
34.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.1
22.2 Crosses 19.5
1.9 Yellow Cards 2.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Celtic
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Hearts
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
2.16 xG 1.04
65% Ball Possession 35%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 2
548 Passes 214
84% Pass Accuracy 68%
27 Box Touches 21
18 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
25.01.2026 Hearts Hearts 2-2 HT 0-1 Celtic Celtic İKP
07.12.2025 Celtic Celtic 1-2 HT 0-1 Hearts Hearts İKP
26.10.2025 Hearts Hearts 3-1 HT 1-1 Celtic Celtic İKP
29.03.2025 Celtic Celtic 3-0 HT 3-0 Hearts Hearts İKP
23.11.2024 Hearts Hearts 1-4 HT 0-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
14.09.2024 Celtic Celtic 2-0 HT 0-0 Hearts Hearts İKP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Celtic
3-1
AWAY Hearts
2.83 xG 0.93
67% Ball Possession 33%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 6
377 Passes 134
81% Pass Accuracy 57%
23 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 10
6 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Celtic vs Hearts
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Celtic got the better of Hearts 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Celtic as the likeliest winner at 57%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 54% and both teams to score was close to even at 52%.

On the day, Celtic had 67% of the ball to Hearts's 33%, shots finished 14-12, expected goals 2.83 to 0.93.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Celtic had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Celtic and 1.33 for Hearts.

What was the final score of Celtic vs Hearts?

Celtic 3-1 Hearts in the Scotland - Premiership on 16/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Celtic vs Hearts?

Before kick-off our model rated a Celtic win the most likely single outcome at about 57%, with the full match-result split Celtic 57%, draw 22%, Hearts 21%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Celtic), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Celtic) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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