Dundee travel to Glasgow to take on Celtic in their next Ladbrokes Premiership and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Celtic v Dundee
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Saturday 14th October 2017
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Celtic Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1888
STADIUM: Celtic Park
CAPACITY: 60,411
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 68m
MANAGER: Brendan Rodgers
CHAIRMAN: Ian Bankier
NICKNAMES: The Bhoys, The Hoops, The Celts
MASCOTS: Hoopy the Huddle Hound
CLUB COLOURS: Green and White
HONOURS: UEFA European Cup winners: 1966/67
Scottish League Division One (1st tier) champions: 1892/93,
1893/94, 1895/96, 1897/98, 1904/05, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1907/08,
1908/09, 1909/10, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1916/17, 1918/19,
1921/22, 1925/26, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1953/54, 1965/66, 1966/67,
1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74
Scottish League Premier Division (1st tier) champions: 1976/77,
1978/79, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1997/98
Scottish Premier League (1st tier) champions: 2000/01, 2001/02,
2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2011/12, 2012/13
SPFL Premiership (1st tier) champions: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16,
2016/17
Scottish Cup winners: 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911,
1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954,
1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985,
1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017
League Cup winners: 1956/57, 1957/58, 1965/66, 1966/67,
1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1974/75, 1982/83, 1997/98,
1999/2000, 2000/01, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2014/15, 2016/17
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 83,500 v Rangers, 1/1/1938, Division One
RECORD WIN: 11-0 v Dundee, Scottish League Division One, 26/10/1895
CLUB WEBSITE: www.celticfc.net
Getting to the Ground
The full address for Sat-Nav is Celtic Park, Glasgow, G40 3RE
By Car:
Visitors from the east or west can exit at M8 junctions 12,13 and 14
Visitors from the north and south by motorway can follow the M73 or M74 and the M74 (East) take the A74 exit towards Tollcross/Rutherglen. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Fullarton Road/London Road and proceed for another mile along London Road where the ground is on the right.
There is a car park in Jeanfield Street near to Sprinfield Road
By Train:
Trains from Glasgow Central Low Level or Argyle Street will take you to Dalmarnock or Bridgeton which are a 5 minutes walk to the ground
By Bus:
From Glasgow city centre the nos. 61,62, 64, 255 and 240 buses go to Tollcross Road and you would get off at Parkhead Forge Shopping Centre and walk down to Celtic Park. The no. 43 goes along London Road past the ground
Head to Head v Celtic
LEAGUE: Won 43, Drawn 48, Lost 141
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 1, Drawn 4, Lost 17
LEAGUE CUP: Won 7, Drawn 2, Lost 13
TOTALS: Won 51, Drawn 54, Lost 171
Last Five Dundee v Celtic Meetings
20/9/2017 | Home | League Cup | Lost 4-0 | 6,917
19/3/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-1 | 8,968 | El Bahktaoui
17/12/2016 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-1 | 37,404 | Haber
1/10/2016 | Home | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 8,827
5/4/2016 | Home | Premiership | Drew 0-0 | 9,566
Last Meeting
Dundee’s Betfred Cup quarter final against Celtic at Dens Park went strictly by the form book last month as Celtic ran out as comfortable 4-0 winners. They were two ahead at half time thanks to a Scott Sinclair penalty and a James Forrest goal. The final two goals, from Darren McGregor and Forrest again, came right at the end of a second half that Celtic were able to cruise through.
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr, Hendry, O’Dea (c), Holt, Spence (McGowan 73), Kamara, Wolters (Deacon 63), O’Hara, El Bakthaoui, Leitch-Smith
Unused subs: Parish (gk), Williams, Aurtenetxe, Waddell, Henvey.
Booked: Wolters (foul on Sinclair), Spence (foul on Forrest), Kerr (foul on Tierney), Holt (foul on Forrest).
Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata (Ralston 66), Biton, Roberts (McGregor 72), Ntcham,, Brown (c), Tierney, Forrest, Griffiths (Edouard 84), Sinclair
Unused subs: De Vries (gk), Hayes, Armstrong, Rogic.
Goals: Sinclair (25 pen), Forrest (42, 90+1), McGregor (88).
Booked: Ntcham (foul on Wolters), McGregor (foul on McGowan).
Attendance: 6,917.
Referee: John Beaton. Assistants: Stuart Stevenson, Graham Chambers. Fourth official: Craig Charleston.
Celtic’s Season So Far
Celtic’s imperious domestic form has continued into this season as Dundee will visit Parkhead with The Hoops now undefeated in 58 games in all Scottish competitions
They started their league campaign with a 4-1 win at home to Hearts and followed that up with a 5-0 victory against Kilmarnock at Celtic Park in the League Cup 2nd round which set up the Dundee tie on Wednesday.
Celtic raced to the top of the Premiership having won at Partick, Kilmarnock and Hamilton and drawn with St Johnstone 1-1 at home; the last Scottish team to have beaten them almost a year ago.
Celtic’s season actually started on July 14th when the entered the second qualifying round of the Champions League and dispatched Linfield 2-0 in Belfast and 4-0 back in Glasgow.
Celtic’s early season aim was the qualifying for the group stages and they did that after a 1-0 aggregate win over Rosenburg and an 8-4 aggregate win over Astana but not after a little scare in Kazakhstan in the second leg where they lost 4-3, having been 4-1 behind; their first defeat in any competition since losing 2-0 to Barcelona in November 2016.
Celtic’s opening match of the Champions League saw a star studded Paris St Germain side leave Parkhead with a 5-0 win but Celtic bounced back domestically last weekend with a comfortable 4-0 home win over Ross County.
However in their next Champions League group match, Celtic turned in a superb performance in Belgium to win 3-0 at Anderlecht, echoing Dundee’s 4-1 over Anderlecht 55 years ago.
Celtic returned from Brussels to face Hibernian and Neil Lennon at Parkhead and had to come from behind to draw 2-2 to keep up their unbeaten record as they prepare to face Dundee.
Top Scorers
CELTIC: McGregor 6; Griffiths, Forest 5; Sinclair 4; Armstrong, Rogic 2
DUNDEE: Moussa 6; El Bahktaoui 4; Hendry, Leitch-Smith, Waddell 2
Ticketing Information
This match is all ticket and tickets are available to buy now for the ticket office in Dundee Direct.
Prices for the match are as follows:
Adults are £27.00 (Full View), £24.00 (Restricted View)
Under 16s and over 65 are £17 (Full View) £14.00 (Restricted View)
Under 13s are £10 (Full View) , £7 (Restricted View)
Match Programme
Celtic’s matchday programme will be available outside the ground from 1pm and cost £3.50. It can be ordered online from the official Celtic website
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
