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Celtic and Hearts to meet in potential Premiership title decider on final day

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Published 2 months ago

Hearts' bid to be crowned champions of Scotland for the first time in more than 60 years could come down to a last-day decider against title-holders Celtic after the post-split fixtures in the Scottish Premiership were announced on Tuesday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rangers/8vAWQXNS/"]Rangers[/a], the arch Glasgow rivals of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] and also in the three-way race for the title, will be at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/falkirk/nHDF1ZUj/"]Falkirk[/a] in their final match, also on May 16th.[/p][p][b]With six fixtures remaining, leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hearts/0rGrwwNc/"]Hearts[/a] are just one point ahead of Rangers, with Celtic, who have won 13 of the last 14 titles, a further two points behind.[/b][/p][p]In the final pre-split fixtures next weekend, Edinburgh club Hearts, who last won a Scottish top-flight title back in the 1959/60 season, are at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/st-mirren/tAVXZEyT/"]St Mirren[/a], and Rangers travel to Falkirk.[/p][embed guid="f923b181-4fe7-49e1-b63b-2e580d8ef668" url="https://x.com/JamTarts/status/2041486257092505789?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The split, designed to provide more meaningful competition towards the end of a league season featuring just 12 teams, takes place after 33 matches.[/p][p][b]The top six clubs play each other once more, and the bottom six do likewise.[/b][/p][p]The final 'Old Firm' derby of the campaign sees Rangers travel to Celtic Park in the third round of fixtures on Sunday, May 10th.[/p][p]That match takes place after Hearts face visitors Rangers at Tynecastle the previous Monday.[/p][p]And the final Edinburgh derby of the season sees Hearts travelling across the Scottish capital to play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hibernian/f5Fnxcx4/"]Hibernian[/a] at Easter Road on April 26th - the first fixture after the split.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/scotland/premiership/"]Follow the rest of the Premiership season here.[/a][/b][/p]

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