Scotland - Premier League: Dundee Utd vs CelticDundee United are sitting in fourth place just five points off Celtic and the hosts will give their best in order to hurt Celtic’s title bid. The Bhoys slipped from the top of the standings after the 3:3 draw with bottom-placed Falkirk, with the match showing they were in big problems.
Is Craig Levein in line for Scotland job?
Dundee United boss Craig Levein is one of the most talented managers in the SPL and he’s had a lot of success leading this side. He is famous for breeding young and talented players and for getting the best out of them, thus nobody is really surprised to see him emerge as the number 1 candidate to replace Craig Burley. Maybe now is the time to take odds of 6.00 offered by Victor Chandler on Craig Levein to become next Scotland boss.
Levein faces a real selection headache before the Celtic game with very important players Lee Wilkie, Scott Robertson, Garry Kenneth, Mark Fotheringam, Francisco Sandaza and Jon Daly all missing through injury. The boss, nevertheless, believes his side can surprise Celtic, just like they did in the last four meetings. Dundee United scored in every one of the last three meetings with Celtic and we expect them to continue the trend. Boylesports is paying 1.44 on Dundee United to score.
Celtic underperforming
Tony Mowbray haven’t had a lot of success since arriving to Parkhead and is still trying to get to grips with the tough job in his hands. The Bhoys face elimination from Europe, while they are largely struggling in the SPL and they need to pick themselves up quickly. Dundee United are not the opponent they would like to meet at the moment as they couldn’t beat Craig Levein’s team in last four outings but they have a good chance to end the poor tradition. Tony Mowbray’s side have improved in the scoring department and we expect them to break Dundee United defence that will be missing a couple of key players. Therefore, we see a good value in backing Celtic to score over 1.5 goals at odds of 1.91 offered by Sportingbet.
Tony Mowbray was happy to see all his players return from international duty unscathed but he, nevertheless, has plenty of selection worries. Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, Glenn Loovens and Shaun Maloney are definitely out with injuries, whereas captain Stephen McManus is suspended for the trip to Tannadice.
Betting verdict
Dundee United have been somewhat of a bogeymen for Celtic lately but we believe that stops here. The hosts are missing plenty of first team regulars and will certainly struggle to cope, while Tony Mowbray can field a very strong line-up even without the five unavailable players.
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