Unsurprisingly, Celtic have recovered impressively from shock back-to-back defeats in the Premiership back in December.
Despite that rare instance, Rodgers’s men are still top of the standings, but Rangers do not look likely of going away anytime soon after another win in midweek.
Celtic themselves are keeping up though, as an expected win over Buckie Thistle in the cup at the weekend was their fifth in a row.
League victories over Livingston, Dundee and St Mirren complemented the most important result of the season so far, when they beat Rangers in the derby shortly before the new year.
With Rangers still to play another game in hand against Celtic’s upcoming opponents next month, that result was critical, as it keeps them in the ascendancy regardless of Rangers’ additional fixture.
However, Celtic have already dropped seven points at home, three more than they did in the entirety of last season, so before three straight away games, they must ensure no more slip-ups here.
Ross County are opponents who very rarely cause much trouble for Celtic in Glasgow though, as they have never won a league game here in 17 attempts, with the hosts winning the last 10.
As the visitors come into this game on a run of seven away games without a win, the task looks even more arduous for Derek Adams’s side.
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After a strong start following his appointment in November which saw Adams win seven points in his first three games, he was winless in his final four before the winter break, taking just one point.
Away form has not seen any significant improvement since the departure of Malky Mackay, as their only win on the road came back in early September.
It was an embarrassing home defeat last weekend which had their supporters up in arms though, as second-tier Partick Thistle thrashed Ross County 3-0 to dump them out of the Scottish Cup.
A defeat of the same scoreline is how they signed off before the winter break too, as Aberdeen also convincingly beat Adams’s men earlier this mont
