Hearts and Celtic given potential final-day title decider

Hearts and Celtic have been given a potential final-day title decider after the SPFL published the post-split fixture list for the 2025/26 William Hill Premiership.

The league’s update confirms that the top-six sides will finish the season on Saturday 16 May, with Hearts and Celtic scheduled to meet in Glasgow on the closing day. If the title race remains tight, the match could decide the championship.

The fixture release comes at a key point in the run-in. Recent SPFL coverage said Celtic had closed the gap on Hearts, underlining how close the contest could become before the split fixtures are played out.

The new schedule does not guarantee a title decider, but it does ensure that the two clubs could go into the last game of the season with everything still on the line. That is the scenario Scottish football will now be watching most closely.

Sky Sports has also highlighted the title-race context and the live coverage around the run-in, but the main news peg is the SPFL’s publication of the full post-split fixture list.

For both clubs, the fixture adds immediate significance to the closing weeks of the season, with the championship potentially still undecided when they meet in Glasgow.