Per the report, the Scottish Premiership title will be decided on the final day when Celtic host Hearts at Celtic Park, with Hearts able to secure the championship with a draw and Celtic needing a win to retain the title.
The report says the climax owed much to a controversial VAR call on Wednesday when a late penalty awarded to Celtic allowed Kelechi Iheanacho to score and give Celtic a 3-2 win over Motherwell. Hearts come into the game after a comfortable 3-0 win over Falkirk and were briefly champions during the drama of midweek scorelines, the report says.
The report says the match will be shown on Sky Sports in the UK, CBS in the U.S. and beIN Sports in Australia, with ESPN providing live updates. Kick-off time is listed as Sunday, May 10 at 12:30 p.m. BST (7.30 a.m. ET and 9.30 p.m. AEST). Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow. Referee: Don Robertson. VAR: Kevin Clancy, per the report.
The report lists a number of injury absences. For Celtic: Colby Donovan, D: hamstring, OUT; Julián Araujo, D: thigh, OUT; Kasper Schmeichel, GK: shoulder, OUT; Callum Osmand, F: hamstring, OUT; Adam Montgomery, D: calf, OUT; Cameron Carter-Vickers, D: achilles tendon, OUT; Jota, F: ACL, OUT. For Hearts: Craig Halkett, D: ACL, OUT; Oisin McEntee, D: hamstring, OUT; Tómas Magnússon, M: thigh, OUT; Craig Gordon, GK: shoulder, OUT; Ageu, M: thigh, OUT; Calem Nieuwenhof, M: hamstring, OUT; Finlay Pollock, M: hamstring, OUT.
Per the report, attention will centre on whether Hearts can keep their focus amid a 60,000-strong crowd at Celtic Park. The report notes Hearts have beaten Celtic both home (3-1) and away (2-1) this season, though those wins were overseen for Celtic by Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy, and Celtic earned a 2-2 draw at Tynecastle in January despite going down to ten men. The report says VAR controversy could again play a role: Gary Lineker called the recent decision “the worst VAR decision I’ve seen,” former Scotland striker Don Hutchinson called it “the worst decision of all time,” and Hearts boss Derek McInnes described it as “disgusting.”
