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Daizen Maeda scored a stunning goal for Celtic which made it 2-0 at Easter RoadCeltic will go into next week's Glasgow derby on a run of 12 straight Scottish Premiership wins after thumping Hibernian at Easter Road.
Aaron Mooy drilled in his first Celtic goals either side of Daizen Maeda's wonderful strike, before Kyogo Furuhashi capped a thoroughly dominant performance.
Hibs had a goal disallowed in the first two minutes and also hit the woodwork, but did not do enough to subdue the fluent visitors, who sit nine points clear at the league summit.
Ange Postecoglou's side visit rivals Rangers on 2 January in what could be a pivotal game in the title race, with Celtic undoubtedly the favourites to retain their crown.
After a couple of narrow wins on their return from the World Cup break, Postecoglou calmly laid down the gauntlet to his players, citing his frustration at their play in the final third.
But after putting four past St Johnstone at the weekend, they upped their levels again at Easter Road after a fast opening 10 minutes from Hibs.
Mooy arrowed a low shot past David Marshall after Maeda's cross was deflected into his path, and the Japanese winger missed an easy header before immediately responding with a stunning strike from 20 yards.
That summed up Celtic's relentlessness, and Greg Taylor's wonderful defence-splitting pass set Maeda free again just before the hour, and when Abada connected with his cross the ball flew off the hand of Hibs' Lewis Stevenson.
Mooy calmly rolled in the penalty for his second goal, and eight minutes later Reo Hatate - playing out of position at right-back - picked out Kyogo with a defence-splitting pass.
The league's top scorer stayed calm to take the ball inside Rocky Bushiri before finding the bottom corner for his 14th goal of the season.
Hibs started quickly and had Chris Cadden's second-minute goal ruled out for offside, as well as Paul Hanlon's effort off a post at 2-0, but they could not sustain any challenge as Celtic overwhelmed them for the second time this season.
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Hibernian
Squad number1Player nameMarshall
Squad number12Player nameCadden
Squad number33Player nameBushiri
Squad number4Player nameHanlon
Squad number16Player nameStevenson
Squad number5Player namePorteous
Squad number11Player nameNewell
Squad number7Player nameMagennis
Squad number32Player nameCampbell
Squad number23Player nameYouan
Squad number15Player nameNisbet
Squad number6Player nameKenneh
Squad number18Player nameHenderson
Squad number22Player nameMcKirdy
Squad number46Player nameMcGeady
Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number41Player nameHatate
Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number13Player nameMooy
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number7Player nameGiakoumakis
Squad number17Player nameJota
Squad number25Player nameBernabei
Squad number49Player nameForrest
Squad number69Player nameVata
Line-ups
Hibernian
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Marshall
- 12Cadden
- 33Bushiri
- 4HanlonSubstituted forKennehat 65'minutes
- 16Stevenson
- 5Porteous
- 11Newell
- 7MagennisSubstituted forMcGeadyat 66'minutes
- 32CampbellSubstituted forHendersonat 80'minutes
- 23Youan
- 15NisbetSubstituted forMcKirdyat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Cabraja
- 6Kenneh
- 13Schofield
- 18Henderson
- 20Melkersen
- 22McKirdy
- 25Fish
- 46McGeady
- 99Kukharevych
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 41Hatate
- 20Carter-Vickers
- 4Starfelt
- 3TaylorSubstituted forBernabeiat 68'minutes
- 33O'RileySubstituted forVataat 84'minutes
- 42McGregor
- 13Mooy
- 11AbadaSubstituted forForrestat 62'minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forGiakoumakisat 68'minutes
- 38MaedaSubstituted forNeves Filipeat 84'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Jenz
- 7Giakoumakis
- 17Neves Filipe
- 25Bernabei
- 28Abildgaard
- 31Siegrist
- 49Forrest
- 69Vata
- 88Juranovic
Referee:Alan Muir
Attendance:19,730
Live Text
Match ends, Hibernian 0, Celtic 4.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 0, Celtic 4.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Chris Cadden.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
Attempt blocked. Rocco Vata (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandro Bernabei.
Attempt blocked. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Nohan Kenneh.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Chris Cadden.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Rocky Bushiri.
Attempt missed. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexandro Bernabei following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Newell.
Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic).
Nohan Kenneh (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Rocco Vata replaces Matt O'Riley.
Substitution, Celtic. Jota replaces Daizen Maeda.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Rocky Bushiri.
Attempt blocked. Élie Youan (Hibernian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Porteous.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by David Marshall.
Attempt saved. Matt O'Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
Substitution, Hibernian. Ewan Henderson replaces Josh Campbell.
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