Celtic 2 Hearts 0

HELLO and welcome to www.celticfc.net for tonight’s SPL match between Celtic and Hearts at Celtic Park. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.
Hoops boss Tony Mowbray has made three changes to the side that started against Dunfermline on Sunday. Home debut Bhoy Robbie Keane, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Aiden McGeady come in to the side in place of Georgios Samaras, Marc Crosas and Morten Rasmussen.
Celtic go into the match 10 points behind SPL leaders Rangers. The Ibrox side are playing Motherwell at Fir Park tonight.

TONIGHT'S TEAMS

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Caddis, Thompson, Loovens, Braafheid; McGeady, Brown, NGuemo, Kamara; Keane, Fortune
Subs: Zaluska, Rogne, Ki, McGinn, Rasmussen, Samaras, Crosas

HEARTS (4-5-1) Kello; Jonsson, Kucharski, Zaliukas, Wallace; Stevenson, Stewart, Black; Mulrooney, Obua, Nade,
Subs: Balogh, Suso, Witteveen, R.Wallace, Glen, Balatoni, Smith

Celtic are expected to line up in an attacking 4-4-2 formation tonight, with Keane and Fortune up front. Kamara and McGeady are expected to operate in the wide areas.

The teams have finished warming up

Hearts kick off.

Thompson has to clear from inside the Celtic box after Wallace makes progress on the left wing

Brown connects with Braafheid's cross in the box but Kello manages to gather the ball

Chance for Keane. Josh Thompson picks out his run with a lovely ball forward, but the angle is narrow and Keane sends his shot into the side-netting

It's been a frustrating opening spell for Celtic. Hearts are giving nothing away

Keane and Fortune combine but Jonsson makes a wonderful tackle to stop the attack 40 yards out as the Hearts defence is carved open

Keane is flagged offside as Celtic go for the ball over the top

Keane is again flagged offside as NGuemo looks for his run

Thompson does well to cover as Obua flicks a header into the box.

Good play from Kamara and Fortune almost leads to an opening for Keane.

Thompson makes a good block from Stevenson's 20-yard shot

McGeady bursts to life in midfield and releases Keane. He is just offside

What a chance for Celtic. Caddis finds Kamara, he flicks to Brown and Kello saves. The rebound falls to Fortune and Kello somehow saves the shot from eight yards

McGeady spins into space and threads a pass to Keane. Kello again saves his eight-yard shot

Kamara and Fortune again combine but the flick is too heavy for Keane

Thompson again covers well as Hearts try to move forward

Kamara's cross is far too heavy for Fortune

Thompson heads clear from the six-yard box to concede a corner. Celtic deal with it.

Kamara picks up possession 30 yards out and fires over the bar

Keane tries to find the run of Fortune but Kello gathers again

Nade heads wide as Hearts look to put Celtic under pressure

HALF-TIME: CELTIC 0 HEARTS 0 - Goalless at Celtic Park. The Hoops have had all the pressure against an ultra-defensive Hearts side, but no goals so far.

Celtic kick off second half.

Braafheid goes down heavily under a Black challenge on the halfway line and gets treatment

Fortune is flagged offside as Celtic search for more

Celtic continue to press for more goals.

Celtic sub - Thomas Rogne makes his debut as Loovens goes off injured

Keane spins in the box but his shot is blocked

Hearts win a corner. Stevenson takes it and Celtic clear before racing to the other end. Kamara slips Keane in and he is again foiled by Kello

McGeady is toying with Hearts. He skips in from the right and picks out Keane, but he can't get contact on the header

Caddis wins a free-kick on the right. Braafheid takes it and Hearts clear

Kello races off his line to deny Keane

McGeady skips past three challenges in midfield but his pass is too heavy for Keane

Celtic sub - Ki on for Braafheid

Celtic sub - Samaras on for Fortune

Samaras tries to release Keane but the pass is far too heavy

Keane is flagged offside as he takes a Samaras pass

Kamara takes a McGeady pass and rattles a shot past the post

There are two added minutes

FULL-TIME: CELTIC 2 HEARTS 0 - Comfortable win for Celtic, who get the three points thanks to goals from Loovens and Fortune.