Edinburgh | Are Hearts about to make history?

Celtic v Hearts preview 

It all comes down to this.

Author | Jamie P

Stadium |Celtic Park 

Should Hearts avoid defeat, they will be confirmed as Scottish champions. It would represent their fifth top-flight title, more than any club outside the Old Firm, and their first since the 1959-60 campaign.

If they do get over the line, they would become the first club outside the Old Firm to win the title since Alex Ferguson guided Aberdeen to glory in 1984-85. It would also bring to an end a remarkable sequence of 40 consecutive championships won by either Celtic or Rangers

Having already beaten Rangers on three occasions and Celtic twice during the 2025-26 season, Hearts could also become the first side in Scottish football history to record six league victories over the Old Firm in a single campaign.

When the two sides met earlier in the season and 

Derek McInnes has been talking to the press 

These were the key talking points from that press conference.

McInnes said the game is "pure box office" and described it as a "perfect ending to a season for the league, for Scottish football, for drama and excitement".

The Hearts "genuinely thought" the title race would go to the final day and says Hearts have been preparing for that.

He wants one more "big performance" from his side to "create our own history and our own legacy", adding: "The good thing for me is the confidence I feel in the players is so strong. We have to go there with courage, we have to go there with belief, and be bullish with our work."

McInnes says some people may feel "everything's back on script" and Celtic will rack up another title, but insists: "We've ripped the script up so often this season and we've got one more in us I think. It's up to us to try and make that happen."