Dundee United vs Celtic Prediction: Bhoys to bounce back once more

Celtic will be aiming to keep up the pressure on Scottish Premiership title rivals Hearts and Rangers when they head to Tannadice Park to take on Dundee United on Sunday (12:30, live on Sky Sports Football).

Read on for my Dundee United vs Celtic predictions, featuring the latest odds per Betfred and essential team news.

Dundee United vs Celtic Odds

Celtic are unsurprisingly the 8/15 favourites to win this game, but Dundee United, who did triumph the last time the teams met at Tannadice, are 9/2 to repeat the trick and the draw is priced at 7/2.

Benjamin Nygren is Celtic's top scorer this season with 15 Premiership goals and he is 10/3 to open the scoring, just ahead of team-mates Kelechi Iheanacho (4/1) and Tomas Cvancara (4/1), while Zac Sapsford (9/1) is the most likely Dundee United player to break the deadlock.

Team News

Dundee United somehow conspired to draw last week's derby clash with Dundee, conceding two stoppage-time goals as it finished 2-2 at Dens Park, but despite that disappointment, Goodwin could stick with the same starting XI.

Craig Sibbald and Isaac Pappoe are the Terrors only confirmed absentees as they continue to work their way back from respective hamstring and knee injuries.

Celtic were dealt a blow in the week when goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel confirmed he could have played the last game of his career due to a serious shoulder injury.

Viljamo Sinisalo will once again be between the sticks on Sunday, while Celtic could be boosted by the returns of captain Callum McGregor (calf) and fellow midfielder Arne Engels (thigh), while right-back Alistair Johnston (hamstring) is also close but is unlikely to feature until after the international break.

Celtic to win & both teams to score @ 7/4

Keeping clean-sheets has not been easy for Celtic this season and they will head into this game having conceded in six Premiership matches on the bounce.

Hearts, Rangers and Motherwell all boast significantly better defensive records and Dundee United proved they are capable of exploiting those vulnerabilities when the sides met at Tannadice before Christmas.

However, that is the only win the Terrors have managed across their last 25 meetings with Celtic, and having triumphed 4-0 at Parkhead in the first match of O'Neill's second interim spell in charge in January, the Bhoys will expect to pick up three points even if they are liable to concede.

Celtic to win from behind @ 6/1

Celtic's far from watertight defence has meant they have often had to do things the hard way, a belief highlighted by the fact they have conceded the first goal in four of their last five Premiership games.

In two of those matches, against Kilmarnock and Motherwell, they have been able to battle back and win, while they recovered from being two goals down at half time in this month's Old Firm derby at Ibrox to draw 2-2.

The second of those goals against Rangers was scored by Reo Hatate in the 91st minute, while since the start of February Celtic have also scored a stoppage-time equaliser in the Scottish Cup against Dundee and two winners in added time in league games with Kilmarnock and Livingston.

Celtic are the comeback kings and late-goal specialists under O'Neill, useful traits to have in any title battle, and both could come in handy this weekend.

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