Scottish Premiership: Celtic v Hearts, Celtic Park, Saturday, 12.30pm – Live on Sky Sports Scotland’s wait, Scotland’s fate. Soon it will be over and Scottish football will know if the most compelling season in two generations has brought a first league title since 1960 for Hearts or a 14th in 15 years for Celtic. The latter would take Celtic to 56 league titles; Rangers have 55.The stakes are historic and that Celtic and Hearts meet at lunchtime at Parkhead is a theatrical piece of engineering by those who organise the Scottish Premiership’s post-split fixtures. It is unmissable drama, something said rarely as Celtic’s seemingly inevitable annual victory amounts to a dulling procession.After 37 games dating back to the first weekend of last August, when Brendan Rodgers was in charge of Celtic for a third consecutive season, and Derek McInnes was the new face at Tynecastle, Hearts lead by one slim point.It is an advantage, of course, even if it appears vulnerable. It means a draw will be enough to ensure McInnes’s unforeseen challengers get across the line to make history for Hearts and the modern Scottish game. Not since Alex Ferguson steered Aberdeen to a third title in six seasons in 1985 has the league had a non-Glasgow champion. A Hearts triumph would be disruptive and rejuvenating.But Celtic must be held at bay in a stadium containing 60,000 fanatical Hoops and just 750 clad in Midlothian maroon. And if the visitors from Edinburgh are to claim the champions’ flag, they must also pass Celtic’s 74-year-old shield, Martin O’Neill, the Kilrea Cú Chulainn in his retro tracksuit.Hearts’ stimulating tilt at the title has been the tale of the season. They won that first game in August at home to Aberdeen and in defeating Falkirk 3-0 at Tynecastle on Wednesday night ensured an entire season unbeaten on their home turf. It is a significant achievement for a team that won less than half its home games last season. It is a reason Hearts have 80 points, a club record. They will have a Champions League qualifier to start next season.But Hearts are away. They have been to Parkhead once this season, in December, and won 2-1. Former Ireland under-21 international Oisín McEntee scored the winner. It was Wilfried Nancy’s first game, the first of eight.Hearts' Oisín McEntee (left) celebrates scoring his side's second, and winning, goal during the league match at Celtic Park earlier this season. Photograph: PA