Celtic will look to take another step towards Scottish League Cup glory when they face Falkirk in the round of 16 on Friday night.
Brendan Rodgers’ side have been the dominant force in the competition, winning it in seven of the last nine years, and are worthy favourites to go all the way again this term.
The Hoops have made a perfect start to their Scottish Premiership season, winning each of their opening two contests of the campaign, the most recent of which brought up my Bet Builder.
Celtic will now turn their attention to Scottish League Cup matters before facing Kairat Almaty in the first leg of a crunch Champions League play-off qualifier next midweek.
As for Falkirk, they were unable to build on their opening weekend draw with Dundee United when losing 3-1 away at Livingston last Saturday.
The Bairns booked their spot in the last 16 of the Scottish League Cup after coming through the group stage with relative ease.
How the bookies view it: Hoops red-hot favourites
Unsurprisingly, Celtic are short-priced 1/9 favourites to win inside 90 minutes on Friday night. The Hoops have kept a clean sheet in each of their opening two league wins of the season and a repeat here will boost the odds to 3/4 on Boylesports.
Falkirk are a whopping 14/1 on Boylesports to spring as shock on Friday night while the same firm has the draw chalked up at an unfancied 7/1.
Head to head: Hoops hoping for more of the same
Having not been housed in the same division for 15 years until this season, fixtures between Celtic and Falkirk have been few and far between in recent times. However, the two teams did clash at the quarter-final stage of last season’s Scottish League Cup, with Celtic twice coming from behind to win 5-2.
Players to watch: Idah to do damage?
Adam Idah has failed to fire in each of Celtic's opening two league games of the season, however a home game with Falkirk looks like a perfect opportunity for him to open up his account for the campaign. The Republic of Ireland international bagged a brace against the Bairns last season and he looks well placed to strike on Friday night at 5/4 on Unibet.
Ross MacIver has been one of Falkirk’s standout performers across the opening two weekends of the Scottish Premiership season. The powerful forward is as big as 5/1 on PaddyPower to notch at Parkhead for the second season in succession.
Predicted line-ups
Celtic will be without long-term absentee Jota, while Kieran Tierney may be dropped to the bench with a view to managing his minutes ahead of next week’s Champions League qualifier with Kairat.
Falkirk have a lengthy injury list with Barney Stewart, Coll Donaldson, Ethan Ross, Finn Yeats, Jamie Sneddon and Tom Lang among those sidelined.
Celtic: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Scales; McCowan, McGregor, Hatate; Forrest, Idah, Maeda
Falkirk: Bain; Adams, Neilson, Henderson, Mackie; Spencer, Tait; Miller, Arfield, Agyeaman; MacIver
Anything else catch the eye?
Celtic won both halves of the game away at Aberdeen on Sunday and a repeat here looks well worthy of support at 11/10 on Boylesports.
Falkirk have looked shaky at the back across the first two weeks of the Scottish Premiership season, shipping a combined total of five goals.
With that in mind, backing Celtic to win by four or more goals could also give punters a good run for their money at 23/10 on Boylesports.
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