Celtic-Hearts showdown tops weekend's Premiership bill

Celtic face Heart of Midlothian in the big game of the Scottish Premiership weekend on Sunday, but there is plenty of interest in Saturday's five games too. Martin O'Neill, Wouter Vrancken and Derek McInnes are eyeing the title Last season's top two in the Scottish Premiership – and Scotland's two remaining European representatives, Celtic and Heart of Midlothian – go head-to-head on Sunday after Thursday frustrations in Europe. But there is plenty of interest on Saturday too, with four games kicking off at the traditional 15:00 BST before Dundee host a Rangers side hoping to put pressure on reigning champions Celtic with a win that would take them above their city rivals.
O'Neill defiant in defeat, but Celtic's 'flat-track bullies' fail another big test O'Neill says Celtic are determined to make it to Europa League knockout stages Considering Celtic lead the Premiership by two points and have won 14 of their past 15 league games – scoring at least twice in 11 of them – you would be forgiven for being confused by the talk of crisis in the east end of Glasgow. However, Sunday's convincing win in Motherwell has quickly been overshadowed by Thursday's 4-1 Europa League defeat by Benfica. It is not often that a Celtic side have suffered four losses in their latest five outings, with their
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