The Scottish Professional Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Celtic this Sunday.
Hearts host Celtic on Sunday August 7 for the game at Tynecastle and the match carries a 2.15pm kick off for screening on Sky Sports.
Referee: John Beaton
Matchday referee Beaten has taken in three games so far in 2016/17 with a return of eight yellow cards so far.
Last season he took charge of 40 matches and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 144 yellow cards and nine red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Hibernian and Hearts with a total of nine yellow cards shown, along with two red.
