Key Celtic fixture details revealed
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Aberdeen - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - July 31, 2022 Celtic fans inside the stadium during the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Celtic will face Hearts twice in three days with the Scottish Cup tie at Tynecastle going ahead on March 11 with a 12.15pm kick-off on Viaplay Sport.
Next Sunday’s Viaplay Cup Final at Hampden has postponed the home match against Robbie Neilson’s side which has been put back to March 8 with a 7.45pm kick off leaving very little turnaround time before the Scottish Cup match.
That double header will go a long way to shaping Celtic’s season with Hearts clear in third place in the SPFL and finalists in three of the last four Scottish Cups- losing to Celtic in 2019 and 2020.
? @ViaplaySportsUK will show @JamTarts v @CelticFC and @RangersFC v @RaithRovers.#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/oV4OG0su7H
— Scottish Cup (@ScottishCup) February 16, 2023
At Tynecastle in October Celtic fans only occupied around a third of the Roseburn Stand but Scottish Cup rules mean that the visitors are entitled to 20% of the tickets plus 50% of the gate money after expenses are deducted.
That slice of tickets almost exactly fills the Roseburn Stand which will give Ange Postecoglou’s side a significant boost as they chase the only trophy to have eluded them last season.