Celtic should have too much firepower for Hamilton

Ladbrokes Premiership
BT Sport 1, 12.30pm Saturday

Celtic face another endurance test on plastic but although the players loathe the surface, they should have far too much for Hamilton.

Brendan Rodgers has hardly made a secret of his views on artificial pitches and they have been backed up by Celtic's defeat at Kilmarnock and draw at Livingston.

Although New Douglas Park's surface was relaid at the start of the season, it's still a poor pitch for top-flight football.

However, the Hoops are in fine, free-scoring form with on-fire Scotland hero James Forrest in their team and should be able to beat Martin Canning's limited side if the match was played on the moon, although Hamilton do usually manage to score at home.

Recommendation
Celtic to win and both teams to score
1pt 12-5 Ladbrokes, Betway, Boylesports

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Team news
Hamilton
Accies are set to be without James Keatings, Marios Ogboe and Alexandros Gogic.

Celtic
The injury lists includes Kristoffer Ajer, Olivier Ntcham, Kouassi Eboue, Daniel Arzani, Leigh Griffiths, Cristian Gamboa, Jozo Simunovic, Scott Brown, Marvin Compper and Nir Bitton but Kieran Tierney is back after missing the Scotland game.

Key stat
Celtic had netted 20 goals in their previous four league games before drawing a blank at Livingston in their last game.

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