The title race is hotting up as Celtic, Hearts and Rangers all do battle at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
With 22 games played, six points separate Hearts from Celtic who beat Falkirk in a narrow 1-0 win last night.
Rangers sit third in the table, six points adrift of Derek McInnes’ side. However, they trail defending champions Celtic by just one goal, with Celtic having conceded one fewer than the Ibrox club but four more than Hearts.
Who deserves the man of the match from that win?
It looks like fine margins are going to determine this season’s champions so 67 Hail Hail decided to look at Celtic’s next five fixtures as well as Hearts and Rangers’ to see who has the advantage heading into the latter stages of the season.
Celtic’s next five Scottish Premiership fixtures
- Hearts (Jan 25) A
- Falkirk (Feb 1) H
- Aberdeen (Feb 4) A
- Livingston (Feb 11) H
- Kilmarnock (Feb 15) A
Hearts’ next five Scottish Premiership fixtures
- Celtic (Jan 25) H
- Dundee Utd (Jan 31) A
- St Mirren (Feb 3) A
- Hibs (Feb 10) H
- Rangers (Feb 15) A
Rangers’ next five Scottish Premiership fixtures
- Dundee (Jan 25) H
- Hibs (Feb 1) A
- Kilmarnock (Feb 4) H
- Motherwell (Feb 11) A
- Hearts (Feb 15) H
Without doubt, Celtic have the toughest fixtures as they play Hearts, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock away from home.
Martin O’Neill will need to have his Celtic team on top form with, hopefully, a couple of new additions added to the squad.
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