CELTIC extended their lead in the Scottish Premiership to three points last week, but face one of their traditionally toughest venues to come as they travel to a rejuvenated Hibs.
Ange Postecoglou's men were in midweek action in the Arctic Circle and the Australian clearly prioritised Sunday's game having played a weakened team in Norway and paid the consequences after a limp defeat.
The Hoops have been relentless since a goalless draw against Livingston in October, They have collected 43 out of a possible 45 points since then and stormed past Rangers at the top of the league.
However, there have been signs recently they are creaking having needed a last gasp goal to see off Dundee at home last week, in between their dismal showings in the Europa Conference League home and away.
Hibs looked like they were struggling to adapt to new manager Shaun Maloney's methods, but they managed to keep Ross County quiet last week in a 2-0 win. Few teams prevent the Staggies from scoring.
The Leith men seemed to take an injection of confidence from coming from a goal behind at Gayfield to defeat Championship high-fliers Arbroath in the Scottish Cup and will be keen to give Celtic a game in the capital.
How the bookies view it
Celtic are heavy odds-on favourites at 8/15 with bet365. The hosts can be backed at 11/2 with William Hill and the draw is 16/5 with SBK.
Recent head to heads
Celtic have won all three encounters this season, including the League Cup Final. The first of them was a 3-1 win in October at Easter Road as can be seen below.
Hibs have failed to beat Celtic in the last 13 meetings between the teams.
Players to watch
It took him 34 appearances to do it, but midfield talent Jake Doyle-Hayes not only opened his Hibs account last week against Couty, but scored a double. Now that he knows where the goal is, he could be an interesting outsider at a huge 12/1 to score anytime.
Georgios Giakoumakis was the Celtic hero last week with a hat-trick and the Greek hitman is really coming onto a game now. He's 11/10 with bet365 to score in Edinburgh.
Anything else catch the eye?
If the game was a couple of weeks ago, it could have been a real thumping, but Hibs have improved and Celtic have plateaued recently.
That could make it a tight game and the verdict could be Celtic to win this by one goal at 5/2 with bet365.
Celtic look like they will concede too and once again the both teams to score and Celtic to win market looks big for an away win ar 23/10 with McBookie.com.
And no apologies for concentrating on the corners market. Over 10.5 at 5/6 with bet365 looks a steal, with Hibs contributing their fair share too.
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