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Dundee 1-1 Celtic Luke Mc Cowan curls a shot wide from the edge of the box before Dundee bring on Scott Wright for the hobbling Tony Yogane. Dundee 1-1 Celtic That's eight league games without a clean sheet for Celtic. The visitors have been pretty toothless in this second half. Dundee 1-1 Celtic Ashley Hay and Joel Cotterill add fresh legs for Dundee, taking over from Simon Murray and Finlay Robertson. Dundee 1-1 Celtic Time for Forrest, Mc Cowan and Hatate off the bench. If Celtic don't win this match, the league is toast. Iheanacho isn't fit for purpose. Eck Dundee 1-1 Celtic Jon Mc Cracken has to tip over a loopy header from Yang Hyun-Jun. Not sure that was the South Korean's intention. .. Dundee 1-1 Celtic Dundee have their tails up and Finlay Robertson should probably do better when he flicks a lovely cross just wide. Simon Murray wasn't far away from getting a touch at the back post. Dundee 1-1 Celtic Scott Brown Former Celtic captain on BBC Sportsound It's a big 30 minutes for Celtic. It's about character now. Dundee 1-1 Celtic Celtic make a change, with the wasteful Tomas Cvancara replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho. Simon Murray (pen) Cool as you like. .. After a long wait, Simon Murray rolls the penalty into the corner, with Viljami Sinisalo diving off in the other direction. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Clear as day. Ryan Astley's shot is blocked by the arm of Colby Donovan. Simon Murray to take the spot-kick. Dundee 0-1 Celtic VAR check incoming. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Huge shouts for a Dundee penalty as a shot pings off the arm of Colby Donovan! Referee Steven Mc Lean hasn't seen it. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Boos from the home fans as Viljami Sinisalo gathers what looks like a pass-back from Liam Scales. TV replays show a slight touch off the studs of Dundee skipper Simon Murray but the officials would need eyes like an eagle to have seen that. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Tony Docherty Former Dundee manager on BBC Scotland Tomas Cvancara should have three goals. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Another big chance for Tomas Cvancara but his touch is terrible and that allows Dundee goalie Jon Mc Cracken to make up ground and block at his feet. Dundee 0-1 Celtic Up and running again. Dundee will have the wind at their backs now. FT: Livingston 2-2 Hearts Livingston boss Marvin Bartley tells BBC Scotland: "I'm delighted with the players. They dealt with adversity really well today. "When Hearts went ahead, we had to show some character and we did that in abundance. The subs came on and improved us, made us more solid and caused them problems. "We have to hit these heights every week. Where we end up at the end of the season is where we deserve to be. "We have to go again and do it next week. It's the most difficult thing in football, to have consistency, but we need to show it now. " FT: Livingston 2-2 Hearts Hearts head coach Derek Mc Innes tells BBC Scotland: "I'm more disappointed than anything. We'd done so much to get ourselves in front and we needed to enjoy being in front a bit more. "We felt the goal was coming. When we were good, we were very good, we were polished, connected well, looked after it well. At times, we looked like a team at the top of the league. "But there were too many moments where we were sloppy, anxious in our defending, the gaps were too big between us. "Livingston set up in a counter-attacking shape, they're all about transitions. The second goal is a ridiculous goal to lose and we're disappointed with that. "At 2-1, they were struggling to cope and we missed the chance to hammer home that authority, we missed the opportunity to stay in control. "We need to remember we are still top of the league. I'm trying to keep myself in check with that. We have to be honest and say the point is all we deserved and it might be really important come the end of the season. " Let's catch up with what the managers had to say after Hearts' 2-2 draw away to Livingston. HT: Dundee 0-1 Celtic Stevie May's goal was his 50th in the Scottish Premiership At a glance Hearts move back to the top of Scottish Premiership with draw but fail to match Rangers' pace this weekend Livingston pick up vital point but remain 11 points behind 11th-placed Kilmarnock May and Smith score for hosts, Shankland and Braga for the visitors, as Leonard is sent off late on for denying a goal-scoring opportunity Hearts inched back to the top of the Scottish Premiership but could only muster a disappointing draw against the league's bottom dwellers Livingston. It means their lead at the summit, which was three at the beginning of the weekend, has been cut to a single point after Rangers' victory over Dundee United on Saturday. It could have been worse for Hearts, who finished the game with 10 men. Livingston took a surprise lead in just the fifth minute when Stevie May lashed in from the edge of the box, to stun a 7000-strong away support. Hearts came back strongly, and it was returning captain Lawrence Shankland who got the equaliser by powering in a header after a brilliant Marc Leonard cross. Both sides spurned chances to take the lead before the break, Shankland for Hearts and Babacar Fati for Livingston, but they would go in level. The weather took a turn over half-time and when the sides emerged to a snowstorm, it was the visitors who started in a flurry. Shankland provided this time, nodding a looping header back across the goalkeeper for talisman Claudio Braga to leap ahead of his defender and put Hearts ahead for the first time. The advantage only lasted seven minutes though, as slack Hearts play was punished by Livingston, who broke up the pitch and squared the ball for Lewis Smith at the back post. The sunshine soon broke out again but neither side could break the deadlock, meaning Hearts' title charge has once again been held up on the road - they've not won in their last four away games. To add insult to injury for Hearts, Marc Leonard was sent off for hauling down Robbie Muirhead as the Livi striker broke clear in the dying seconds. Four away games without a victory for Hearts. It's hardly title-winning form. When pundits and fans alike looked at the final four games before the split, the consensus was Hearts had the easier run in. In reality, they've spluttered towards the finish. In the last four away games, they've lost to two bottom six sides, drawn with the bottom side, and capitulated at Ibrox after going ahead. Nothing summed up the lack of confidence more than the play in the final minute of the match. With Livingston retreating, Hearts knocked the ball from side to side, no player confident enough to put a ball in the box. Instead, Livingston stole the ball and Leonard was sent off. That came after half an hour where Livingston looked more likely to score the winner. Once Braga had scored, Hearts' creativity completely dissipated. Shankland had done his utmost to drag his side back into the game, but it was only his first start since January and he clearly tired. And, as shown when Shankland was out of the team with injury, there are few players capable of stepping up and filling the enormous void the captain leaves when not available. Attacking stats between Livingston and Hearts It was a brave performance from Livingston though. But brave isn't enough. They've had creditable draws against Rangers and now Hearts, but it won't save them. Thirty games without a win is the worst ever record in the Scottish topflight, in the same season. They must now be looking at the record low points total (21) that Dundee set in 2018-19 with envy. And in these brave results, it befudles and confounds that they have done so poorly. In Lewis Smith, they have a dangerous goal threat. In Mo Sylla, they have a midfielder capable of breaking up the play. They out-foxed Hearts, the novice Bartley against the experience of Mc Innes, flooding the midfield. At times, they relied on wayward shooting from the visitors but as the stats show, they matched Hearts over the course of the 90 minutes. Livingston travel to Dundee United next Saturday, while Hearts host Motherwell at the same time (15: 00 BST). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 5th April 2026 at 17: 51 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Marvin Bartley Formation: 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 Manager: Derek Mc Innes Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Marvin Bartley Formation: 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 Manager: Derek Mc Innes Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Scottish Premiership All competitions All competitions All competitions Livingston have lost each of their last five Scottish Premiership games against Heart of Midlothian, never before losing six in a row to Hearts in the top-flight. Hearts have lost just two of their last 28 top-flight matches against Livingston (W16 D10), although both were away in December 2018 (5-0) and September 2022 (1-0). Livingston have failed to score in both of their last two league games, but haven’t done so three times in a row in the Scottish Premiership since April 2024. Hearts have lost each of their last three away league outings; they had only lost two of their first 12 on the road in 2025-26 before this (W8 D2 L2). Hearts have scored 20 goals from set-pieces (excl. penalties) in the Scottish Premiership this season, more than any other side, while Livingston have conceded 18 from non-penalty set plays, also a league-high figure. Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.