The Bhoys have a festive match-up with nearby Hamilton on Christmas Eve – here is how you can see the action.
Celtic’s near-perfect domestic season continued on Saturday as Brendan Rodgers’ side saw off Dundee at Parkhead, and they travel to Hamilton on Christmas Eve looking for their 16th win in 17 league matches this season.
The Bhoys are 11 points clear of rivals Rangers with two games in hand and Rodgers may well have half an eye on going all season unbeaten, particularly with no European football to distract them in the New Year.
Hosts Hamilton are part of a relegation scrap that currently involves everyone from Ross County in sixth down to bottom club Partick Thistle. The Accies sit ninth going into the festive fixtures, and are currently just a point off the foot of the table.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers
The Key Battle – Georgios Sarris vs Leigh Griffiths
The Greek centre half – who wears number 89 for the hosts – has played 19 times for the Accies since arriving from AEK Athens in the summer and this weekend faces a stern test against a striker who scored the winner when these two teams met just a fortnight ago.
Griffiths followed that goal up with another against Dundee to take him to 12 for the season, an impressive total given he has played second fiddle to Moussa Dembele for large parts of the campaign so far.
Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths (R) celebrates scoring their third goal
Last Meeting:
As mentioned, Celtic took the spoils thanks to a Griffiths strike at Parkhead recently, though Hamilton battled hard to restrict the hosts to just the solitary goal.
Hamilton earned a point from a 1-1 draw last time they welcomed Celtic to the SuperSeal Stadium back in March, but the hosts have not beaten their more illustrious opponents since 1989.
Recent league form – most recent last:
Hamilton – DDDDLL
Celtic – WWWWWW
Hamilton Academical’s Michael Devlin (L) in action with Celtic’s Gary Mackay Steven
What time is kick off?
The match begins at 12.30pm.
Where can I watch it?
Hamilton v Celtic is live on both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 5, with coverage getting underway at 12pm.
Odds
Hamilton – 16/1
Draw – 19/4
Celtic – 1/5
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