📊 Form Guide

Dundee

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Dundee will play in this game following on from a 0-0 Premiership drawn result versus Rangers.

In that match, Dundee had 35% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Rangers had 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

Over their preceding 6 games, Tony Docherty's Dundee have managed to score a total of 7 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Pre-game facts show that Dundee:

• haven't won against Celtic in their previous 38 league games. That has got to hurt.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Celtic

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In their previous game, Celtic drew 3-3 in the Scottish Cup match with Aberdeen.

For Celtic, the goals were scored by Nicolas Kühn (21'), James Forrest (63') and Matt O'Riley (105'). Bojan Miovski (2'), Ester Sokler (90') and Angus MacDonald (119') scored for Aberdeen. The game was won 6-5 by Celtic on penalties.

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Celtic, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match in that spell is 4.67, with the number of goals averaged by Celtic coming out as 3.17.

Coming into this contest, Celtic haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs going back to 08/08/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Dundee. They have not been able to get any wins whatsoever while Celtic have simply been better than them, finishing as winners in 100 per cent of those match-ups.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 31 overall which averages out at 5.17 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these clubs was Premiership match day 28 on 28/02/2024 when it finished Celtic 7-1 Dundee.

In that game, Celtic managed 75% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The goals were scored by Cameron Carter-Vickers (7'), Adam Idah (18'), Matt O'Riley (22'), Daizen Maeda (30'), Greg Taylor (36'), Callum McGregor (45') and Daniel Kelly (63').

For their opponents, Dundee had 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Michael Mellon (84') scored.

The referee was Matthew MacDermid.

ℹ️ Team News: Dundee

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Dundee gaffer Tony Docherty to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Joe Shaughnessy (Knee injury) is out of contention.

ℹ️ Team News: Celtic

Thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Dundee have enough to find the net against this Celtic lineup, however a single goal might not be enough to prevent defeat.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Celtic after 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:07 28/04/2024