Just to further underline Celtic's recent dominance in this fixture, the visitors have won seven of their past eight trips to Hearts in the league, scoring 25 goals and conceding just five.

However, the Jambos are yet to lose at the redeveloped Tynecastle, with this game their sixth in a row at their new-look home.

That said, it's been a long time since anyone got the better of Celtic in Scotland. Brendan Rodgers' men are looking to stretch their unbeaten domestic run to a whopping 70 games this afternoon.

It's been a while since Hearts managed a league win against Celtic. It was October 2011, with Rudi Skacel and Ryan Stevenson getting the goals in a 2-0 success.

In the 18 top flight contests since, the Edinburgh side have conceded three or more goals in 10 matches and failed to score in 11.

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We were treated to 18 goals in yesterday's five Premiership matches, with wins for Aberdeen, Hamilton, Dundee, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock.

The Dons are up to second place, two points behind Celtic, while a home win today would nudge Hearts three points behind local rivals Hibs in fourth place.

At the start of the month, there was an 11-point gap between the Edinburgh sides.

Hearts' crop of teenagers have been making the headlines of late with a series of assured performances.

Two start today; Harry Cochrane and Jamie Brandon, with two more; Aidan Keena and Anthony McDonald, on the bench.

"We're not putting too much pressure on their shoulders or asking them to hold us together," explained goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin earlier this week.

"The gaffer is very good at letting them know it is a great opportunity, but not the be all and end all. We are certainly not looking for them to be the finished article right now."

Hearts: McLaughlin, Brandon, Berra, Buaben, Smith, Randall, Cowie, Callachan, Cochrane, Milinkovic, Lafferty.

Substitutes: Hamilton, Hughes, Grzelak, McDonald, Stockton, Keena, Goncalves.

Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Simunovic, Boyata, Tierney, Brown, Ntcham, McGregor, Forrest, Sinclair, Griffiths.

Substitutes: De Vries, Armstrong, Ajer, Dembele, Hayes, Edouard, Kouassi.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers makes four changes from the midweek win over Hamilton.

Leigh Griffiths, who has started just one of the past 10 matches, leads the line, while Kieran Tierney, Jozo Simunovic and Mikael Lustig return to the back four.

Kristoffer Ajer, Nir Bitton, Stuart Armstrong and Odsonne Edouard are the men dropping out, while Tom Rogic and Patrick Roberts remain sidelined by injuries.

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The home side have a long injury list to contend with. Arnaud Djoum and Jamie Walker are out, along with Rory Currie, Malaury Martin and Ashley Smith-Brown, while defender John Souttar is suspended and Aaron Hughes is only fit enough for a place on the bench.

Michael Smith comes in for Souttar, and will play at left-back, with Prince Buaben dropping from midfield to the centre of defence.

Rafal Grzelak drops out, as does the injured Djoum, youngsters Lewis Moore and Anthony McDonald, and target man Cole Stockton.

Jamie Brandon, Don Cowie, Ross Callachan, Harry Cochrane and Manuel Milinkovic all come in.

Striker Kyle Lafferty is restored to the starting line-up in place of Isma Goncalves.

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Celtic roll into Tynecastle this afternoon aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

Visiting boss Brendan Rodgers opened his league account against Hearts in August 2016 and has enjoyed five wins from five against the Edinburgh side, with his team scoring 17 and conceding just two in those encounters.

There are signs of improvement at Hearts, who are unbeaten in five and looking for a third consecutive win on their own patch.