Dundee United’s only win in four games since beating Celtic last month was at Livingston.  They also drew with Hibs and Aberdeen and lost at home to Dundee on Saturday.  Those wins over Celtic and Livi are their only successes in 12 games, stretching back to October.  In all competitions, they won one game in August, one in September, one in October, none in November and two in December.  Quite how they escaped such mediocrity to batter that champions for 45 minutes is a lesson for the ages.

They have lost only two away games in the league all season, which is quite a claim for a side that’s been to every ground apart from Celtic Park.  They are, however, the league’s draw specialists, with 10 of their 21 games finishing level, more than any other side.  You can be confident this outcome will be their target at Celtic Park on Saturday.

In particular, draws at Tynecastle, Ibrox, Pittodrie and Easter Road will be the template they bring to Glasgow.  They scored in each of these games (seven in total), so they do more than just shut up shop.  We know to expect a challenge to break them down...