The Dark Blues have lost their last 6 on the bounce at Celtic Park, conceding 24 goals in the process but they did come within a whisker of beating the leaders at Dens just 3 weeks ago.
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Celtic can restore their 13 point lead with a victory whilst Dundee can leapfrog Kilmarnock and St.Mirren with their first win at Parkhead since Fabian Cabballero scored a brace there in a 2-0 victory in May 2001.
One Premiership match on this evening as leaders Celtic host 10th placed Dundee in the match originally cancelled because of damage to Celtic Park caused by Storm Éowyn a couple weeks back.
Note that Morton are away again tomorrow, and not playing next weekend.
That means their home league game against Airdrie on 15th February will be their first home match this YEAR.
That has got to be hurting the old bank balance.
January 2025 Premiership
New Arrivals (inc Loans)
As at 31/01
St.Johnstone 6
Motherwell 5
Aberdeen 4
Dundee 4
Hearts 4
Ross County 4
Dundee Utd 3
St.Mirren 2
Celtic 1
Hibs 1
Kilmarnock 1
Rangers 1
Window closes 23:00 on Monday, 3rd Feb
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Sunday
Motherwell host league leaders Celtic at Fir Park.
Celtic have hit 7 without reply against the Steelmen in two encounters this season and have not lost at Fir Park since
Celtic have won their last 10 games away to Motherwell, scoring 33 times.
SKY, 15:00 kick off.
Have a good one folks!
Saturday
2nd bottom Killie host 3rd placed Dundee Utd. Both previous meetings this season have ended in draws with last minute penalty equalisers and the previous match at Rugby Park saw them share six goals.
It's live on Premier Sports, 17:45 KO
Tonight
Leaders Falkirk host 3rd placed Livingston.
The Lions have taken 4pts off the Bairns so far this season and kept two clean sheets against them.
If they were to prevail tonight they'd jump up to 2nd, giving Ayr Utd the chance to grab the summit tomorrow.
BBC Scotland, 19:45
Morning shaggers!
Three SPFL games on the telly this weekend, spread over the three days.
I'll throw in a shot on target for the on form Igamane and Franjo Ivanovic both of whom are averaging 2 on target per outing.
That's 14/1 and it's definitely going to win.
Very best of luck to Rangers this evening!
Divs Bonkers Bet
As always with Rangers I'm gonna start with a card for Nicolas Raskin.
I'll also add in Kevin MacAllister for a card cos when he's not fighting off burglars he's getting booked or sent off for Union. He's been carded in 4 out of 5 Europa League games he's played in.
Referee
The man in the middle tonight is Pole Damian Sylwestrzak. He's averaging just over 4 yellows per game having dished out 86 in 21 appearances this season to date.
Betting
Rangers are favourites tonight but still odds against at 11/10. Union are 12/5 and the draw is a 5/2 option.
Team News
Rangers are without Cerny, Kasanwirjo, Souttar, Sterling, Yilmaz and the ineligible Hagi, Nsiala, Cortes, Danilo and Fernandes.
Union are missing Boufal, Castro-Montes, David, Burgess and Machida but Kevin MacAllister hasn't been left at home alone, he's back from suspension.
USG Europa Form
Union started the campaign with a narrow loss away to Fenerbahce before a 0-0 draw with Bodo/Glimt in Belgium.
They then lost away to Midtylland before drawing at home to Roma.
They got going with 3 wins on the bounce, all by a single goal, over Twente, Nice & Sporting Braga.
They ran out 4-0 winners away to Beerschot at the weekend and currently sit 3rd in the Belgian Pro League table, 11 points behind leaders Genk.
Union have the best defensive record in the division, conceding 19 goals in their 23 games to date.
Both sides could in theory still grab a spot in the top 8 but more realistically both will be aiming for the 3 points that would grant them a seeded spot in the play off round.
USG Domestic Form
Union come into this one in fine form with just 1 defeat in their last 18 games in all competitions.
Telly & KO
As per last night all 18 Europa League ties are being played simultaneously at 20:00. This one is live on TNT Sports 3.
What's at stake
Both sides sit on 11pts in the Europa table, with Rangers a few goals better off than Union in 13th spot whilst the Belgians are sat 15th at the moment.
Rangers vs Union Saint-Gilloise
UEFA Europa League
League Stage MD8
Rangers wrap up their league stage campaign with a home tie this evening against Belgians Union Saint-Gilloise.
Here's the micro preview....
Best of luck to Celtic tonight!
Morgan Rogers has had a shot on target in 3 of his last 4 at Villa Park and has also committed 2 or more fouls in 6 of his last 7 at home so I'm gonna put him down for 2 fouls tonight and a shot on target.
That all pays 12/1 and it's money back as free bets if it loses, which it probably will!
Divs Bonkers Bet
Villa have a potent threat on their left side and Bayern, Bologna and Juve have all had cards on the right trying to cope with it.
I'll start with Alistair Johnston for a card and Nicolas Kuhn to make a tackle helping out on that side as he has in all 7 of Celtic's UCL games.
Betting
Villa are obviously heavy favourites tonight at 1/2 with Celtic a big 5/1 shot to leave Birmingham with the spoils. The draw is 15/4.
Referee
It's our old friend Clément Turpin with the whistle tonight. The Frenchman is averaging just over 3 yellows per game in all comps this season
He's issued 15 cautions in 4 UCL outings and 7 yellows in 2 Europa League appointments this season.
From Shite to Sugar
Celtic's campaign hit an early bump as they got humped 7-1 in Dortmund on MD2 but they have not lost any of their UCL games since, drawing 3 and winning the other 2, keeping clean sheets in both of their previous away games.
Home Comforts
Villa's are currently on a 9 game unbeaten run at home in all competitions. They are also unbeaten in their 3 home games in the UCL and indeed have not conceded a single goal across those ties with Bayern Munich, Bologna and Juve.
Villa sit 9th and a win over Celtic would allow them to overtake any of the five teams directly above them if any of those fail to win this evening.
Celtic can also still in theory make that top 8 but they need a proverbial shitload of things to go their way in addition to winning at Villa Park.
Scenarios
Whilst both clubs are already assured of their place in the play off round there is still a significant carrot on offer with a top 8 finish bypassing the need to navigate that play off round completely.
Telly & KO
Every single tie kicks off at 20:00 tonight to prevent any "Disgrace of Gijón" scenarios. This one is live on TNT Sports 1 with coverage from 19:00.
Aston Villa vs Celtic
UEFA Champions League
League Stage MD8
Celtic wrap up their league stage campaign in Birmingham this evening in yet another battle of Britain as they go head to head with Aston Villa.
Here's the micro preview.....
