Scottish Premier League : Celtic - Dundee

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Scottish Premier League : Celtic - Dundee Premier League Scotland, Scotland	22/09/2012 16:00	total goals	Over 2.5 Goals	1.53	Bet at Stan James
Betting prediction was written by Anton

CELTIC – DUNDEE PREDICTION STATS

Celtic have dropped points in 3 of their last 4 SPL games. They sit 5^th in the table 4 points behind leaders Motherwell, but do have a game in hand. They have not lost at home in the SPL in over a year.

Dundee have picked up just 4 points after 6 matches and are looking like relegation candidates this season. Their lone win was a surprising 1-0 away win at Hearts, in what was only their second clean sheet of the season.

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Celtic will look to shuffle the side again after their tough midweek game against Benfica. Captain Scott Brown is likely to be rested after playing two games in a row as not to aggravate his hip injury. Players like James Forrest and Kris Commons may also have a break after some tough games and youngster Tony Watt could be in line to make his second straight SPL start.

Dundee will be disappointed in their late loss to Motherwell last week after holding a lead going into the 74^th minute. They had made no changes until that point and manager Barry Smith may realise he needs to get fresh legs onto the park sooner against SPL teams who can play hard for the full 90 mintues.

1X2 BET CELTIC – DUNDEE PREVIEW

Neil Lennon will make sure Celtic don’t have another dip in form like last week and will have the players motivated to come out for a win in this game. They are priced at 1.2 which means they are expected to win 83% of the time. I think despite the low odds this is still the value bet on the 1x2 market.

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ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTIONS

With Celtic dropping points in their last two SPL games Neil Lennon will make sure that the players take nothing for granted and come out and fight for the win in their games. The usual European hangover that can hurt clubs shouldn’t be a problem here with Celtic having hungry young players waiting in the wings to get a start and show what they can do.

I think Celtic will win this one comfortably and the AH is set at Celtic -2 @ 1.85. Click here to visit Pinnacle to get the bet on.

TOTAL GOALS PREDICTIONS

Since I’m backing Celtic to win the -2 AH I’m obviously expecting over 2.5 Goals also. Dundee have conceded 8 goals in their last 5 games and Celtic have scored 12 goals in their last 5 SPL matches at Parkhead.

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