Overview
- O’Neill pushed back on Thursday after Ally McCoist said on Wednesday that Celtic are “running the league” because of their late-season home dates.
- The SPFL published the final five-game split on Tuesday, which has Hearts visiting Celtic Park on the last day and gives Celtic four of their last six at home.
- O’Neill said policing around an early-split march in Glasgow moved the Rangers game to mid-split, which in turn left Hearts as Celtic’s final-day opponent.
- League rules require each team to finish with the same number of home and away matches, so post-split venues often balance earlier imbalances along with TV and policing needs.
- Just three points separate Hearts, Rangers and Celtic going into the weekend, with Hearts hosting Motherwell, Celtic hosting St Mirren and Rangers traveling to Falkirk, and there has been no move to change the fixtures.