Hearts preparing for Premiership title showdown against Celtic, says McInnes

[p]The Edinburgh club - a point clear of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] at the summit - need four points from their last two games to guarantee one of the most stunning triumphs in Scottish football history.[/p][p]Victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/falkirk/nHDF1ZUj/"]Falkirk[/a] at Tynecastle would be enough to seal the title on Wednesday if fourth-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/motherwell/YuW7ZfMM/"]Motherwell[/a] beat Martin O'Neill's Celtic. Otherwise, the title will be decided in Glasgow on Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hearts/0rGrwwNc/"]Hearts[/a] have not won the league since 1960, and no team other than Rangers and Celtic have won the Scottish title since 1985, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aberdeen/AmdbMiWq/"]Aberdeen[/a] triumphed under Alex Ferguson.[/p][p][b]"I've just assumed Celtic are going to win the game (against Motherwell), I've had it in my head that we're going to the last game and I'm prepared for that," [/b]McInnes said on Tuesday.[/p][p][b]"Listen, there are no easy games for anybody, nothing's straightforward. Motherwell are a more than capable team. They were fully committed against us, and I'm sure that'll be the same again against Celtic."[/b][/p][embed guid="a7e0c877-2740-4a7f-a666-49cade03f578" url="https://x.com/ScotlandSky/status/2054192196362899591?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]McInnes said the team meeting ahead of Wednesday's match would focus just on the Falkirk game, and he would ignore distracting talk of the title.[/p][p][b]"I have believed for a while that we've got a team capable of winning the league, just that unshakeable belief in what we're doing,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"We have been trying to hold off a couple of heavyweights for a long time now. We've managed to see off Rangers, and we've got to try and see off Celtic over the next two games.[/b][/p][p][b]"I think the facts show we're coping brilliantly. We've already broken a club record in terms of points tally, and we've got a Champions League qualifier already secured, but obviously we want to try and go one better now and win the league."[/b][/p][embed guid="1e80a5a5-b60c-4940-8fbe-69c117c5f8d6" url="https://x.com/JamTarts/status/2053808158821261612?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Reigning champions Celtic, who have won 13 of the past 14 Scottish titles, were five points adrift of Hearts following a 2-0 loss away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dundee-utd/8QEB2FFp/"]Dundee United[/a] in March.[/p][p]But they have now won six games in a row in all competitions - including a 3-1 Glasgow derby defeat of Rangers at the weekend.[/p][p]O'Neill, in charge at Celtic from 2000 to 2005, is in his second spell as the club's manager this season.[/p][p]He returned for the remainder of the campaign in January, following the dismissal of Wilfried Nancy after an earlier interim stint.[/p][p][b]"Celtic Park on Sunday was just kind of reminiscent of my old days anyway, and that's been great,"[/b] said O'Neill, 74.[/p][p][b]"But we've gone away from home, and we've won some big matches as well too, so just a combination of all of those things gives us a chance."[/b][/p]