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Celtic narrowly defeats Heart of Midlothian in a game with few clear chances.
Celtic beat Heart of Midlothian 2-0 in a match played at Celtic Park this Saturday. The match was marked by a lack of clear chances, with both teams showing little accuracy in finishing.
The first half was a fairly balanced encounter, with Celtic dominating possession but finding no space to create danger in the opponent’s goal. The only notable action of the first half was the yellow card to Celtic’s N. Kuhn in the 21st minute.
In the second half, the match came more alive. Celtic took the lead in the 51st minute with a penalty goal scored by A. Engels. Heart of Midlothian tried to react, but couldn’t find their way to the opponent’s goal. In the final minutes, Celtic sealed the match with a goal from L. McCowan in the 90th minute.
Although Celtic dominated possession and created more chances, the lack of finishing power nearly cost them dearly. Heart of Midlothian came close to equalizing the game several times, but their lack of accuracy in finishing prevented them from getting a positive result.
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Substitutions celtic: at minute 66 P. Bernardo came in and R. Hatate went out., at minute 66 J. Forrest came in and N. Kuhn went out., at minute 72 A. Idah came in and K. Furuhashi went out., at minute 80 L. Palma came in and D. Maeda went out., at minute 80 L. McCowan came in and A. Engels went out.
Substitutions heart of midlothian: at minute 71 M. Drammeh came in and K. Vargas went out., at minute 72 C. Devlin came in and J. Grant went out., at minute 78 Y. Dhanda came in and B. Baningime went out., at minute 81 B. Spittal came in and J. Penrice went out., at minute 81 A. Forrest came in and L. Shankland went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Celtic
Heart Of Midlothian
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