What do Hearts need to win the league? Scottish Premiership title permutations

Both games kick-off at the same time (8pm BST), so any goals at Tynecastle or Fir Park will filter through to the other team.

Celtic can guarantee the title goes down to the final day as long as they avoid defeat at Motherwell.

What would Celtic need on the final day?

Although Hearts can win the title tonight, Celtic’s fate is also still in their hands.

That’s after Hearts were held to a 1-1 draw by Motherwell and Celtic beat Rangers last weekend.

Therefore, as long as Celtic match Hearts’ result this evening, they can lift the title on Saturday with any type of win against Hearts at Parkhead.

If Celtic win tonight and Hearts either lose or draw, Celtic would go into Saturday knowing a draw to Hearts would be enough.

What happens if they finish level on points?

There are two ways this could happen: either Hearts lose to Falkirk and Celtic draw against Motherwell, followed by a draw on the final day, or Hearts beat Falkirk and Celtic draw against Motherwell, followed by a Celtic win on the final day.

The tiebreakers are goal difference, then goals scored, then head-to-head points.

Hearts currently have the better goal difference. In the first scenario, Hearts would need to lose to Falkirk by three goals in order for Celtic to go into the final day knowing a draw is enough. If Hearts win tonight and Celtic draw, Celtic would need to not only win on Saturday, but do so by a big scoreline.