Celtic also had a fine dress rehearsal for Wednesday's clash. They won in and against Heart of Midlothian by 1-4. Celtic thus remains unbeaten and leads the Scottish Premiership with 34 points.
Celtic could take advantage of Aberdeen's loss this weekend to move three points clear in the standings. To do so, they had to overcome the penultimate in the standings, Heart of Midlothian.
The first half was balanced and Celtic could be happy with a draw midway through. Hearts missed two big chances, keeping Celtic in the match. The Green and Whites had understood that after halftime and put things in order.
Furuhashi put The Celts ahead shortly after halftime and Kuhn put the 0-2 on the board not much later. Books struck after 15 minutes in the second half. Celtic coach Brendan Rodgers could start changing with an eye on Wednesday, but the substitutes still felt like it. Adam Idah added a third and fourth in the closing stages of the game. In between, Hearts was able to mitigate through Musa Drammeh.
Celtic wins, logically, 1-4 over Hearts and can look forward with confidence to Wednesday's match against Club.