Rampant Hearts power eight points clear of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership to bolster their title credentials and deepen the malaise around Brendan Rodgers side.

The 2025/26 Scottish Premiership season has started in electric fashion, with both Celtic and Rangers a long way off the pace behind unlikely leaders Hearts.

It comes a day after the Scottish champions fell to a 3-1 defeat at Hearts, opening up an eight-point gap at the top of the league.

Image: Hearts beat Celtic 3-1 to extend their lead at the top of the Premiership table to eight points Hearts showed they might just be title contenders as they stunned Celtic to move eight points clear at the top of the Premiership. The Jambos were ...

Hearts and Celtic clash in a blockbuster Scottish Premiership encounter on Sunday at Tynecastle Park, with the league leaders hosting the reigning champions in what could be a defining moment in the

Rampant Hearts powered eight points clear of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership to bolster their early-season title credentials and deepen the malaise around Brendan Rodgers' side.

Hearts are eight points clear of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership; Celtic have lost back-to-back league matches; Danny Röhl secured Rangers first home win of the Premiership season with a trip to Hibs next on Wednesday,

Celtic arrive knowing exactly what is at stake, win and the gap closes to two points, lose and Hearts open up an eight-point lead that gives them room for the slips and stumbles that winter inevitably brings.

Martin O’Neill questioned Celtic’s physicality and talked up Hearts’ title chances hours before agreeing to return to Parkhead to take charge, along with Shaun Maloney.

Hearts are on a mission to become the first team outside of Celtic and Rangers to win the Scottish Premiership title since 1985. And as they welcome Celtic to Tynecastle on Sunday, they find