CELTIC travel to the frozen north on Saturday lunchtime with a potentially tricky trip ahead at in-form Ross County.
The Hoops extended their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday night to 16 points with a 2-0 win over Dundee United, where they didn't need to reach the heights to get the points.
The title is surely a formality now, but there's no chance manager Brendan Rodgers will be expecting his men to ease up, especially not after that unexpected and bruising setback against Rangers in their shock 3-0 defeat at Ibrox.
However, they will face a Staggies side who will have their tails up after a remarkable run during the festive period.
They surged ten points clear of safety from automatic relegation after three wins in four games.
County defeated Aberdeen, Dundee and Kilmarnock all away from home to win three away games in the top flight for the first time in their history.
And they even managed to score two goals from the 97th minute at home against Hearts to rescue an extremely unlikely point after being two goals down.
How the bookies view it: Celts red hot favourites in the north
Despite Ross County's recent excellent run, they have still been written off at 12/1, with Celtic 1/6 and the draw 6/1 all with Boylesports.
Recent head to heads: Celtic leave it late
Celtic have already been to Dingwall in October and were trailing until the last 14 minutes, where they scored two goals to win 2-1.
They hammered County 5-0 at Parkhead too and have won on their last seven visits to the Highlands.
Players to watch: Maeda man
Noah Chilvers returned to County this month and made an immediate impact with a goal at Aberdeen in a 2-1 win. He is 9/2 to score anytime on Saturday.
Daizen Maeda has probably been Celtic's best player this season and already has 15 goals in all competitions to his name after netting against Dundee United in midweek. The Japanese ace is 6/4 to score anytime with Boylesports.
Predicted line-ups:
County are set to be without the injured Ryan Leak, Alex Samuel, Elijah Campbell, Ross Laidlaw and Will Nightingale.
Celtic have only James Forrest unavailable through injury.
Ross County: Amissah, Brown, Wright, Lopata, Randall, Grieves, Nisbet, Kenneh, Harmon, Chilvers, White.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, McCowan, Kuhn, Maeda, Idah.
Anything else catch the eye?
This will surely not be as one-sided as the layers suggest due to a combination of plenty things – the conditions will be far from ideal, County should be bursting with confidence and Celtic are not quite firing on all cylinders.
Rarely do any team get it easy in Dingwall and Celtic may have to dig deep in this one. County are usually good for goals and this could be the same outcome as the first game up north – Celtic to win and both teams to score at 6/4 with Boylesports. The hosts have now scored in their last six games.
Similarly, Boylesports are offering almost even money on a County goal at 5/6.
When County played Rangers at home, there were 18 corners and 15 corners when they played Hearts at home.
Back over 11.5 corners at 21/20 with Boylesports.
This Scottish Premiership match between Ross County and Celtic will be played on Jan 11, 2025 and kick off at 12:30. Check below for our tipsters best Ross County vs Celtic prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
