Scottish Premiership 2025/26: Celtic vs Falkirk

Name: Scottish Premiership 2025/26: Celtic vs Falkirk
Uploaded: 2026-04-25T16:20:00Z
Duration: 2 h 11 min 48 s
Description: Official Replay: ✓ Scottish Professional Football League ✓ Football, Events ✓ LIVE Apr 25, 12:20PM ET/9:20AM PT ✓ Celtic Park ✓ Janefield St, Glasgow G40 3RE ✓ The Post-Split title charge begins live on TrillerTV! The Scottish Premiership enters its final, most explosive phase as Celtic welcomes the season's "giant-killers," Falkirk, to Celtic Park. With the league…

Sat, Apr 25 EDT12:20 PM EDT

The Post-Split title charge begins live on TrillerTV! The Scottish Premiership enters its final, most explosive phase as Celtic welcomes the season's "giant-killers," Falkirk, to Celtic Park. With the league now split into the Top Six, every match is a cup final. Martin O'Neill's Hoops are locked in a relentless pursuit of the trophy, while John McGlynn's Bairns look to continue their fairy-tale return to the top flight by claiming a historic scalp in Glasgow.

The Storyline: Championship Ambitions vs. The Bairns' Boldness
This fixture marks the opening weekend of the post-split fixtures, where the pressure reaches a boiling point. Celtic enters the final stretch in 2nd place, trailing leaders Hearts by a narrow margin. After a season of tactical shifts, the Hoops have found their rhythm under Martin O'Neill, recently securing a vital 2-1 away win at Dundee. Having already beaten Falkirk three times this season-including a dominant 4-0 win in October and a professional 2-0 victory in February-Celtic will look to maintain their ""hex"" over the Bairns to keep the pressure on at the top.

Falkirk, meanwhile, has completed one of the greatest "return seasons" in SPFL history. After a 15-year absence from the top flight, they secured a Top Six finish with 46 points, comfortably ahead of established sides like Hibernian. While they have struggled to find the net against Celtic this term, their defensive organization led by former Celtic keeper Scott Bain has made them incredibly difficult to break down in the second half of the season. For Falkirk, this trip to Parkhead is an opportunity to prove they aren't just here to make up the numbers in the title deciders.

Players in Focus

Celtic: Benjamin Nygren & Kieran Tierney
The undisputed star of the Hoops' campaign is the Swedish sensation Benjamin Nygren. With 19 goals across all competitions this season (15 in the league), Nygren has scored in every previous meeting against Falkirk this term. Providing the defensive grit and creative overlap is the returning hero Kieran Tierney, whose leadership and world-class delivery from the left flank have rejuvenated the Celtic faithful since his homecoming.

Falkirk: Barney Stewart & Scott Bain
Falkirk's hopes of an upset rest on the shoulders of breakout forward Barney Stewart, who has netted 12 goals this season. He will be supported by the creative engine Aidan Nesbitt in midfield. However, the most pivotal man on the pitch may be Scott Bain; the veteran goalkeeper faces his former club knowing that a career-best performance is required to stop Nygren and the Celtic frontline from running riot. More