The Hearts-Celtic game got the go ahead following a morning pitch inspection was called on Tynecastle after heavy overnight rain in Edinburgh. Hearts manager Paulo Sergio will be without winger Andrew Driver die to a recurring knee injury while Celtic's Joe Ledley is almost certainly out after suffering a groin injury in Thursday's draw with Udinese in the Europa League. Ahead of the game Sergio said: "We know we are going to have a hard game, against a very good team. We have to work a lot to be successful at the end of the game. They are a strong team with quality players. I'm looking for a different performance in the next game, and a different attitude, and desire. We didn't win at St Johnstone because the St Johnstone players desired to win the game more than our players. After analysing what we did against St Johnstone it's clear what we have to change. We'll try to make a good game and get the three points, we believe that we can do that." The last time the sides met in Edinburgh the game for largely forgotten about following the John Wilson incident. The media will be looking for anything similar this time around with the cameras focused on the dugouts. Increased trackside security will be in place for the game but the players want to be the main attraction. Celtic defender Daniel Majstorovic said: "Of course there will be a spotlight on the game. But we need to focus on the football side and leave the rest to people who need to take care of this. We are professionals, we need to focus on the football. We need to go there with the same spirit we had against Udinese. We know it's going to be difficult but we know the qualities we have and we showed last night that we are a really good side. We played against a top team in Italy and we were the better team so we need to take that with us."
Source: FOOTYMAD
