Post split fixtures in FULL as Celtic legions set to miss out on Coronation weekend title party as SFPL take Rangers risk

Celtic could win the league at Ibrox if they slip up in their first post-split fixture at Tynecastle after the SPFL revealed the schedule for the final five games of the Scottish Premiership season.

Ange Postecoglou’s men travel to Gorgie on Sunday, May 7 for an afternoon kick off in front of the Sky Sports cameras where the Hoops will be expected to seal the title – just as they did at Tynecastle six years ago to win the sixth consecutive championship of their nine-in-a-row run with a thumping 5-0 win when Brendan Rodgers was in charge. But if they mange it then it will be in front of around just 1400 visiting fans following a reduction in the away allocation at Hearts in recent seasons.

Celtic have a 13-point lead over Rangers and need just one more victory to wrap up two-in-a-row under Postecoglou. However, if Steven Naismith’s Jambos throw a spanner in the works by getting a win against the odds to keep alive their own hopes of a third place finish then the Hoops will be made to wait – assuming Rangers see off Aberdeen in their own first game after the split.

And that would see it roll on to Ibrox with the SPFL announcing that the final Old Firm derby of the season will take place at Ibrox on Saturday, May 13 at 12.30pm. Police like to avoid the possibility of a title clincher when the fierce rivals meet after the so-called shame game in 1999 when Rangers clinched the title at Parkhead under Dick Advocaat.

However, Celtic squandered the chance to win the title at Ibrox under Neil Lennon in 2012 but they did win seven-in-a-row under Brendan Rodgers with a thumping win at home to Rangers five years ago. That came after the Hoops slipped up in their first game after the split, losing to Neil Lennon’s Hibs at Easter