Dundee, Scotland – Dundee da Celtic sun fafata a wasan Scottish Premiership a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 2025, a filin wasa na Dens Park. Dundee, wanda ke matsayi na takwas a gasar, na neman ci gaba da ci gaba bayan nasarar da suka samu a wasan da suka tashi 1-1 da Rangers a ranar 9 ga Janairu. Celtic, masu jagorancin gasar, suna kan nasara uku a jere kuma suna neman ci gaba da zama kan gaba.
Tony Docherty, manajan Dundee, ya bayyana cewa ya yi amfani da tsarin wasa wanda ya dace da kungiyarsa a wasan da Rangers, amma ya kara da cewa ya bukaci karin dan wasa a tsakiya, Finlay Robertson. “Yana da muhimmanci a yi amfani da tsarin da ya dace da ku, kuma ya dace da mu sosai a wasan da Rangers, amma mun ji muna bukatar karin dan wasa a tsakiya,” in ji Docherty.
Celtic, wanda ke da maki 59 daga wasanni 22, suna kan gaba a gasar tare da rinjayen maki 15 akan Rangers. Brendan Rodgers, manajan Celtic, ya ce ba zai yi canje-canje da yawa ba a kungiyarsa, amma yana son kiyaye kuzari a tsakiya. “Ba mu yi canje-canje da yawa ba, amma muna son samar da kuzari a yankin da ya dace, tsakiya,” in ji Rodgers.
Dundee ba su ci nasara a wasanni 44 da Celtic ba tun shekarar 2001, inda suka yi rashin nasara a wasanni 38 da kuma canjaras 6. Celtic sun ci nasara a wasanni 11 da suka gabata da Dundee, tun daga shekarar 2018.
Imari Samuels, sabon dan wasan Dundee, yana cikin jerin sunayen da za su fito a benci bayan ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyu da rabi daga Brighton & Hove Albion. Samuels, wanda ke da shekaru 21, ya bayyana cewa shi ne “dan wasa mai kuzari wanda yake son yin gudu a filin wasa.”
Celtic suna da damar kara tazarar maki 18 a kan Rangers, a kalla har sai Rangers su fafata da Aberdeen a ranar 15 ga Janairu. Dundee na iya tsallakewa zuwa matsayi na shida idan sun ci gaba da ci biyu ko fiye, ko kuma matsayi na bakwai idan sun tashi canjaras.