One of the most dangerous games of the season

Celtic’s season is perched at a tantalising angle, but if you know your history, you’ll know that such pent-up potential often flounders in scrappy cup encounters.  Set to face Kilmarnock in the League Cup final, they are favourites in the league and have not allowed a Scottish club to lay a glove on them in almost three months.  No one is tipping against them in any competition, but despite being in exactly this situation many times in the last 40 years, only once have they been able to see out a straightforward looking campaign and collect the three trophies available.

All it takes is a bumpy away ground in the middle of winter to level the playing field (metaphorically, if only it would literally) and deliver the inevitable cup exit.  Our chances of winning tomorrow are no better than 50/50.  Inverness know the script, they are a decent team who, despite two cup exits to Celtic last season, had enough in their locker to deny us five points in the league.

Celtic have a potential of five cup games remaining this season across both competitions, but after Inverness, only one of those can be away from home.  With league form seemingly set by metronome, you’re looking at one of the most dangerous games of the season tomorrow.

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