Celtic v Dundee – Team news, match officials, KO time & where to watch

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·29 October 2024

Celtic v Dundee – Team news, match officials, KO time & where to watch

Celtic take on Dundee at Celtic Park tomorrow evening in the second of four games in a hectic ten days across three competitions for the Scottish Champions…

Luke McCowan celebrates his goal with James Forrest. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

With the trip to Motherwell at the weekend successfully negotiated with a comfortable 3-0 victory, attention turns to the visit of Dundee to Paradise as Celtic look to maintain their excellent league form which has been perfect to date aside from spilling two points against Aberdeen.

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There were four changes to the side that started in Bergamo at Fir Park and manager is likely to maintain his rotation plays as he looks to his squad to secure a successful path through this intense batch of fixtures that continues at Hampden Park on Saturday afternoon for the Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Aberdeen then moves onto the Champions League match against RB Leipzig who somehow are pointless in the competition despite being the in-form team in the Bundesliga, sitting in second spot just behind leaders Bayern Munich.

Celtic Team News

Adam Idah celebrates.Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

Brendan Rodgers confirmed today that he is awaiting the results of a scan on Adam Idah’s ankle after that disgraceful lunge by Motherwell defender Liam Gordon. Tellingly the Fir Park club decided NOT to appeal the red card call and maybe their manager will put his hands up and admitted his own error with his post match comments. Adam Idah is highly unlikely to be involved tomorrow with Kyogo coming in and Daizen Maeda playing the role of back-up striker.

Callum McGregor of Celtic FC shouts during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Atalanta BC and Celtic FC at Stadio di Bergamo on October 23, 2024 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Callum McGregor is training but it would be a huge surprise if he is involved as Brendan is clearly looking at doing all he can to have his skipper ready for the next two matches against Aberdeen and RB Leipzig.

There’s a decision to be made at the back too with Cameron Carter-Vickers fit again and both Auston Trusty and Liam Scales available for selection. Brendan does’t like to rotate his two central defenders too much so expect CCV to come back into the team tomorrow and the manager to evaluate things from there.

Celtic Manager’s Thoughts on Dundee

Celtic FC coach Brendan Rodgers looks on before the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Atalanta BC and Celtic FC at Stadio di Bergamo on October 23, 2024 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

“You go through little runs. Obviously the Kilmarnock game will have hurt them before the international break, having been up in the game and then losing that one.They got a good win away at Motherwell which is a tough place to go, and then to lose at the weekend.

“So probably the last five or six games have not been ideal in terms of results, but Tony has done a fantastic job there – they lose their best player and lose their captain in the summer.

“So that can always make an impact, but Tony has good experience in the game and how he has managed his club has been fantastic. You’ll go through spells in this league where you maybe don’t get the run of games and the run of results, but for us, I always think it’s a dangerous moment for a team.

“Because they are looking for that big performance, and you know that teams will always give that extra bit against the champions. So we have to guard against that and make sure that we’re right on our game, and look to win, and obviously win how we want to.”

Celtic Player’s View

Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

“It’s good for the manager and players to use the squad. Maybe for the first four games of the season we had a week to every game, but now the games are coming thick and fast. And at a big club like Celtic, you are in every competition, and all the boys are looking forward to it.

“I’ve been really enjoying my football, I had a good pre-season and I’m enjoying helping the team when I’ve been involved. It shows the confidence we have in the squad and you can make two or three changes with different personnel for different games as well, and over the next couple of months that’s definitely going to help us,” Jamesy said.

“I’ve been at Celtic for years now, and that’s always been the case. I think especially in the forward positions it’s good to have more options and freshen it up at times as well. It keeps everyone on their toes and you know that when you get a chance you need to perform and help the team, and so far this season all of the boys have been doing that.”

Predicted Celtic Team

Kasper Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers (c), Scales, Valle; McCowan, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Kyogo, Palma Subs Sinisalo, Taylor, Trusty, Maeda, Kuhn, Yang, Engels, Ralston.Nawrocki

Cameron Carter-Vickers at Fir Park. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

Match Officials

Referee Ross Hardie during the Scottish Premiership match between Kilmarnock and Hearts at Rugby Park on 27 April 2024. Photo Malcolm Mackenzie/PSI

Rookie referee Ross Hardie will have the whistle. The Detective Constable from Dunoon has been given the midweek clash, which will be his first game officiating Celtic as referee at Celtic Park. Hardie will be assisted by Graeme Stewart and Paul McAvinue. Meanwhile, at Clydesdale House, Matthew MacDermid is on VAR duties with Andrew McWilliam assisting.

Kick-off Time

The Scottish Premiership match between Dundee and Celtic kicks off at 7.45pm

Where to Watch

Brendan Rodgers talks to Celtic TV after Celtic’s 3-0 win at Fir Park against Motherwell. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

As usual the game is live on Celtic TV for subscribers based outside of Britain and Ireland. Please note that the Celtic v Dundee match tomorrow evening is available to viewers in Britain and Ireland on a PPV (pay per view) basis. This match will be the first ever, live pay-per-view broadcast on the brand new Celtic TV website.

For non Celtic TV subscribers in the Britain and Ireland all the build-up, live action, half-time and full-time analysis can be enjoyed with a PPV pass, available to purchase for £12.99. Current Britain and Ireland Celtic TV subscribers will receive a discount to purchase a match PPV pass for £9.99, which will be automatically applied upon purchase (no discount code required).

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Score Predictions

We did predict that Celtic would win 3-0 at Fir Park at the weekend and have been on a decent run on this outside of the Aberdeen game. For tomorrow night the prediction is that Kasper will pick the ball out of the Celtic net but Celtic will put four past the Dundee keeper Jon McCracken with a final score of Celtic 4 Dundee 1.

It will also be interesting to see how the Aberdeen v theRangers game goes at Pittodrie, where one or both will drop points. Brendan Rodgers was asked about this second versus third encounter today and had this to say:

Alistair Johnston is congratulated by his teammates. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

“Our focus is on our own, you can only look after yourself. I’m so pleased with how the team had been playing, how we’ve been functioning, how we’ve been working, and if we look and think of anything else, then that can take away from our performance.

So, it’s a big game, but we have a massive game at home to Dundee and that’s our only focus. For us, it’s about us focusing on Celtic getting three points, playing the football, entertaining our supporters, because that’s ultimately what we can control.”

Celtic know that they will improve the position on one or both by getting the points secured against Dundee before we turn our attention to Aberdeen on Saturday. Thick and fast these games are coming.

Adam Idah celebrates his goal. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

Got a feeling that the game at Pittodrie will finish up: Aberdeen 1 theRangers 1.

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