Overview
- Celtic beat Motherwell 3-2 on Wednesday after a VAR-reviewed handball led to a stoppage-time penalty that Kelechi Iheanacho converted.
- Hearts stayed top by beating Falkirk 3-0 the same night, so they visit Celtic Park on Saturday at 13:30 one point ahead.
- Referee John Beaton awarded the penalty after reviewing Sam Nicholson’s challenge, which involved contact from Auston Trusty before the ball struck Nicholson’s hand.
- Hearts manager Derek McInnes called the decision “disgusting” and said his team felt they were fighting “against everyone.”
- If Hearts avoid defeat, they would seal their first league crown since 1960 and become the first non-Glasgow champions since Aberdeen in 1985.