Celtic suffered a rare setback when they crashed to a controversial weekend defeat at Hibs and they will be desperate to bounce back when one-time title challengers Aberdeen visit.
When these sides met at Parkhead back in October, the two sides were locked together at the top of the league after eight games following a pulsating 2-2 draw.
Now the gap is 28 points and even more remarkably, Aberdeen remain the only team to have taken points from Celtic at Parkhead and even score at the Hoops' fortress.
Celtic seemed to suffer something of a European hangover after a surprise defeat Easter Road where they were two goals down at half time and a fightback proved not to be enough….although they were raging at a disallowed goal with the ball adjudged to be over the byline.
Aberdeen have battled back from their horror run and have now won three games in a row in all competitions.
Jimmy Thelin's side look more solid defensively and are back in the hunt for third place despite not winning a league game from the start of November until earlier this month.
How the bookies view it? Dons huge underdogs
Aberdeen are 12/1 outsiders with Boylesports to get the win. Celtic are huge 2/13 favourites and the draw is 6/1 with the same firm.
Recent head to heads: Dons awful run
As stated, the sides battled out a 2-2 draw in October, but Celtic edged a 1-0 win at Pittodrie and crushed the Dons 6-0 in the League Cup semi final at Hampden.
Aberdeen haven't beaten Celtic in a league game since 2018.
Players to watch: Oday is okay
Daizen Maeda has enjoyed an outstanding season and scored his 24th goal of the season for club and country at the weekend. The Japanese international is 7/5 to score anytime with bet365.
Oday Dabbagh made the perfect impact on his Dons debut after he came off the bench to net the winner as Aberdeen beat Kilmarnock 1-0 at the weekend. The Palestine international is 11/2 to score anytime with bet365.
Predicted line-ups:
Celtic are without injured duo James Forrest and Paulo Bernardo.
Aberdeen will be missing Jamie McGrath and have doubts over Nicky Devlin and Jamie MacKenzie.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vicker, Trusty, Schlupp, McGregor, Engels, McCowan, Kuhn, Maeda, Jota.
Aberdeen: Mitov, Jensen, Tobers, Knoester, MacKenzie, Keskinen, Nilsen, Palaversa, Okkels, Dabbagh, Gueye.
Anything else catch the eye?
Celtic will have a point to prove after their shock defeat and Aberdeen will have their work cut out dealing with their rampant hosts who are especially strong at Parkhead.
Aberdeen have improved hugely defensively however and they should be able to keep this respectable. Back a Celtic win and under 3.5 goals with Boylseports at 6/4.
Celtic were very sluggish in the first half at Hibs on Saturday and you would expect Brendan Rodgers to have them poised to rush out the blocks on Tuesday to ensure there is no repeat.
And given that no team apart from Aberdeen have even managed to score at Parkhead this season, it's surely a solid shout to back a Celtic win to nil at 21/20 with Boylesports too.
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