Chief executive Andrew McKinlay is hoping Hearts can “really put a marker down” by moving eight points clear at the top of the William Hill Premiership on Sunday.

One of the most eagerly awaited fixtures Scottish football has staged in years takes place this weekend as Derek McInnes’ unbeaten early pacesetters host floundering champions Celtic.

McKinlay expects the atmosphere at a packed Tynecastle to be “ramped up to a whole different level” as the buoyant Jambos bid to open up the biggest lead they have enjoyed in the Premiership this century.

“I know Celtic will come here all guns blazing, they’re not a club that like what happened to them last weekend (losing at Dundee), they won’t take it lightly, they’ve obviously got a European game coming (against Sturm Graz) on Thursday,” Heart

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