Clydebank produced a statement performance to defeat Celtic Hearts 4-2 in the Call Cup Group Stage - 2 on Tuesday evening. The visitors took control early and never looked back, leaving the hosts to scramble for responses they could not quite deliver.
F. Moffett opened the scoring after just nine minutes, a strike that set the tone for what followed. Celtic Hearts responded through C. Mulcahy in the twenty-third minute, but K. Higginbotham restored Clydebank's lead before half-time with a thirty-eighth minute goal. By then the pattern was clear: Clydebank would dictate, and Celtic Hearts would chase.
The second half saw Celtic Hearts push for a comeback, but C. McGowan's fifty-fourth minute goal killed any remaining hope. J. Grant made it four in the seventy-first minute, and J. Jack added a sixth in the eighty-third minute to confirm the visitors' dominance.
Celtic Hearts registered 54 attacks but only two shots on target, while Clydebank's 79 attacks yielded eleven strikes on goal. The hosts held 46 per cent possession but could not convert territory into meaningful chances, and their two yellow cards told of frustration growing as the game slipped away.
The result leaves Celtic Hearts searching for answers after a mixed start to the campaign. Their recent form includes a 3-1 win over Dumbarton and a 4-3 victory against Motherwell U21, but this evening offered no comfort. Clydebank, meanwhile, have kept three clean sheets on the spin and now sit in a strong position in the group.
