After being forced to settle for just a point in a goalless home draw with St Johnstone, Celtic returned to winning ways with a slender 1-0 victory against Old Firm rivals Rangers before the international break.
The Gers were controversially denied a goal by VAR before Kyogo Furuhashi netted what proved to be the winner in first-half stoppage time to help the Hoops claim the bragging rights in Glasgow.
Brendan Rodgers hailed the “massive result” secured by his Celtic side in front of a capacity crowd at Ibrox “baying for blood” with not a single Hoops fan in sight, and the Northern Irishman is now hoping to build positive momentum ahead of their Champions League group-stage opener against Feyenoord next Tuesday.
Celtic will be confident of success on Saturday as they have won each of their last six meetings with Dundee by an aggregate score of 22-4.
The Hoops’ exceptional 46-game unbeaten home run across all competitions also bodes well for Rodgers and co as the reigning top-flight champions endeavour to steal a march on joint leaders Motherwell before facing the Steelmen in a few weeks’ time.
Dundee have made a respectable start to life back in the Premiership since securing promotion as winners of the Championship last season, picking up five points from their opening four matches.
The Dark Blues claimed their first league win of the new campaign when they beat Hearts 1-0 at the end of last month, and they appeared to be on course to win back-to-back games as they were leading 2-0 away against S
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However, Dundee entered the international break disappointed as they conceded two late goals, including a 96th-minute equaliser from Max Kucheriavyi, to allow St Johnstone to rescue a 2-2 draw in Perth.
Manager Tony Docherty was initially left ‘speechless’ after the match, but later acknowledged that his Dundee side will learn from the disappointment and look to return to winning ways as soon as possible.
Claiming maximum points on Saturday is a tall order, though, as the have not beaten Celtic home or away in any competition since a 2-0 success at Parkhead back in May 2001 under the tutelage of Ivano Bonetti.
