Dundee travel to Glasgow on Saturday to take on Celtic in the 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 22nd December 2018
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, 2017/18
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, 2018
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, 2018/19
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
Match Officials
REFEREE: Euan Anderson
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Frank Connor
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Gordon Crawford
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Craig Napier
Head to Head v Celtic
LEAGUE: Won 43, Drawn 49, Lost 144
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 1, Drawn 4, Lost 17
LEAGUE CUP: Won 7, Drawn 2, Lost 13
TOTALS: Won 51, Drawn 55, Lost 174
Last Five Dundee v Celtic Meetings
- 31/10/2018 | Home | Premiership | Lost 5-0 | 7,960
- 5/4/2018 | Away | Premiership | Drew 0-0 | 55,768
- 26/12/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 9,193
- 14/10/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 57,610
- 20/9/2017 | Home | League Cup | Lost 4-0 | 6,917
Last Meeting
A dominant Celtic side ran up a convincing 5-0 win against the Dark Blues at the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park on Halloween. Tom Rogic put the Celts ahead and Scott Sinclair made it two from the penalty spot. James Forrest and Odsonne Edouard added the third and fourth late in the first half with Ryan Christie completing the scoring shortly after half time.
Dundee FC: Hamilton, Kerr, Inniss (Boyle at half time), O’Dea, Kusunga, Kamara, Deacon (Lambert 67), Curran, Kamara, Spence, Miller (c), Källman (Moussa 43)
Unused subs: Parish (gk), Ngwatala, Mendy, Nabi.
Booked: Inniss (foul on Christie), Deacon (foul on Lustig), O’Dea (foul on Forrest), Lambert (foul on Christie).
Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Benkovic, Boyata (Ajer 70), Tierney, McGregor, Rogic (Arzani 56), Forrest, Christie, Sinclair, Edouard (Morgan 56)
Unused subs: Bain (gk), Hendry, Hayes, Johnston.
Goals: Rogic (19), Sinclair (32 pen), Forrest (38), Edouard (45+2), Christie (48).
Attendance: 7,960.
Referee: Alan Muir. Assistants: Sean Carr, Daniel McFarlane. Fourth Official: Steven Kirkland.
Celtic’s Season So Far
Celtic season started in July with a Champions League qualifier with Alashkert in Armenia and after 3-0 first leg win, repeated that score at Parkhead to progress. A 3-1 aggregate win over Rosenburg set up a tie with AEK Athens and after a 1-1 draw at home, dropped into the Europa League with a 2-1 defeat in Greece.
To reach the group stages Celtic defeated FK Sudova of Lithuania 4-1 on aggregate and were drawn with Salzburg, Leipzig and Rosenburg again.
The Hoops kicked off the defence of their Premiership title with a 3-1 home win over newly promoted Livingston but crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Tynecastle the following week.
Two 1-0 home wins over Hamilton and Rangers were followed by a draw with St Mirren in Paisley and a 2-1 loss at Kilmarnock to give Celtic their worst league start in 20 years.
Europa League results were also mixed with a 1-0 home and away wins over Rosenburg, home and away defeats against Salzburg and a win at home to Leipzig and a defeat away in Germany but the nine points won were enough to see them qualify for the knock out stages in second place.
In the League Cup Celtic set up a Murrayfield semi-final tie with Hearts after defeating Partick Thistle 3-1 at home in the second round and St Johnstone 1-0 away in the quarters and reached the final with a 3-0 win at the home of Scottish Rugby.
In the final a Ryan Christie goal was enough to give them their seventh successive domestic trophy and the first silverware of the season with victory over Aberdeen at Hampden.
In the Premiership Celtic started to be hit form with a 1-0 win over Aberdeen in Glasgow, a 6-0 thumping of St Johnstone and an exciting 4-2 win over Hibs before a 5-0 win at Dens Park.
They followed this up by brushing league leaders Hearts aside 5-0 at Parkhead and a win over Accies in the next match saw them hit the top of the league for the first time.
However two points dropped at Motherwell allowed Kilmarnock to storm to the top of the Premiership but when the Ayrshire side travelled to Celtic Park next, they were knocked off the perch by a ruthless home side who regained top spot with a 5-1 win.
However they fell to third after a 2-0 defeat at Hibs last weekend but returned to the top in midweek with a 3-0 home win over Motherwell.
Top Scorers
CELTIC: Edouard 13; Forrest 12; Christie, Sinclair 7; Griffiths, Ntcham 6; McGregor 5
DUNDEE: K. Miller 7; Moussa, Mendy, Madianga, McGowan 2; Wighton, Boyle, Spence, Ngwatala, Källman, Nabi, Curran, C. Miller 1
Ticketing Information
This match is all ticket and supporters must buy their tickets from the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park as no visiting fans tickets will be available on the day at Celtic Park
These tickets are on sale now and are available from the ticket office in Dundee Direct in person or by phone on 01382 767039.
Prices are as follows:
Adults: £28.00
Under 16s and over 65: £18
Under 13s: £10
There are a number of “Restricted View” tickets which will only be released should the “Full View” tickets sell out
Restricted View tickets are
Adults: £25.00
Under 16s and over 65: £15
Under 13s: £10
Match Programme
Celtic’s matchday programme is a 68 page full colour edition which will be available outside the ground from 1pm and costs £3.50.
If you cannot make the game it can be ordered online from the official Celtic website.
How To Watch
This match will be available to watch live to fans outside of the UK who are virtual season ticket holders.
Fans in the UK can sign up to DeeTV for a monthly fee of £5.99 or an annual fee of £59.99 which will give them access to live audio of most Ladbrokes Premiership games, full match replays and highlights, behind the scenes content and exclusive interviews.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DeeTV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to 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 Friday.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
