After bagging a brace against Ross County last time out, look for Kyogo Furuhashi to hit the back of the net against Dundee on Tuesday night. The Celtic ace now has 10 goals to his name in the Scottish Premiership this season, meaning that he is now the joint-top goalscorer in the division.

Furuhashi will be rubbing his hands at the prospect of going up against a Dundee side that have struggled defensively this season. In fact, the Dark Blues have failed to keep the back door shut in all bar 1 of their 22 Scottish Premiership assignments thus far.

Having notched 6 times across his previous 7 appearances against Dundee, Furuhashi is the prime candidate to exploit the hosts’ defensive vulnerability.

Celtic look well placed to overcome a -1 handicap when they take on Dundee at Dens Park on Tuesday night. Brendan Rodgers’ side have bounced back in brilliant fashion from their Old Firm loss to Rangers at the start of the month. The Bhoys have responded with 3 successive victories, all of which have arrived by a two-goal margin or more.

Drill deeper and Celtic have won 19 of their 22 league games this season, clearing a -1 handicap hurdle in a whopping 17 of those triumphs. 1 of those successes was against Dundee when the pair met at Celtic Park back in October and the league leaders can repeat the trick by winning with some room to spare at Dens Park this midweek.

Mohamed Sylla is certainly one to keep an eye on from a fouls perspective in this game. The French midfielder’s combative streak has coincided with him clocking up 6 yellow cards and 1 red card across all competitions this season. He is currently committing an average of 1.43 fouls per-game in the Scottish Premiership this season, falling foul of the referee on multiple occasions in 11 of his 21 top-flight outings this term to date.

The 31-year-old may have no choice but to ramp up his aggression on Tuesday night given the calibre of opposition he will be coming up against. Sylla could be tasked with keeping tabs on Reo Hatate. The classy Japanese playmaker was fouled twice during Celtic’s away game at Aberdeen last month and he was also brought down during their subsequent road match at Dundee United.

Given how goal-heavy Celtic’s games have been this season, siding with a goal in each half warrants support at Dens Park on Tuesday night. There has been at least 1 goal either side of the interval in 15 of the Hoops’ 22 Scottish Premiership assignments this season. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the net has bulged in both halves of the game in each of Celtic’s last 6 top-flight tussles.

There is plenty of scope for that trend to continue when Brendan Rodgers takes his team to Dundee on Tuesday night. 10 of the Dark Blues’ 11 Scottish Premiership home games this season have featured over 2.5 goals. Furthermore, 3 of the hosts’ last 5 league matches have featured goals both before and after the referee’s half-time whistle.

Dundee are averaging 5 corners per match at home this season, and managed to tally 3 against Rangers last week. Given that they’ll likely be up against a somewhat rotated Celtic side, they’ll fancy their chances to reach 4 flag-kicks on home turf.

In the reverse fixture Dundee notched 2 corners at Parkhead, but given home advantage and a potentially weaker opposing line-up, 4 looks well within reach.

Over Dundee’s last 2 matches against Celtic, they’ve notched 13 corners, indicating that 4 looks strong value at 2.0. Dundee have hit the 4 corner mark in 4 of their last 5 outings.

Celtic hit exactly 7 corners away at Ross County on Saturday and they look worth siding with to deliver the same amount or more at Dens Park on Tuesday night. The Parkhead outfit are averaging a hefty 9.41 corners per-game in the Scottish Premiership this season. Brendan Rodgers’ side covered the required 7+ corner line when they played host to Dundee back in October. In fact, a deeper dig shows that Celtic have earned 7 or more flag-kicks in a noteworthy 17 of their 22 top-fight outings this term to date.

Hosts Dundee are giving up an average of 5.14 corners per 90 in the Scottish Premiership this season. However, the Dark Blues conceded 7 corners during their home game with Rangers last week, and Celtic can follow suit.

While Simon Murray is Dundee’s biggest goal threat, he does have a tendency to overstep the mark and give away free-kicks. That is evidenced by the fact that he is committing an average of 0.86 fouls per-game in the Scottish Premiership this season. The experienced forward has racked up a combined total of 9 fouls across his previous 12 appearances in the top-flight. Furthermore, the Dark Blues talisman has already accumulated 6 yellow cards across all competitions this season.

Murray is likely to come up against Auston Trusty, who has drawn a minimum of 1 foul from the opposition in 7 of his 12 Scottish Premiership appearances for Celtic this term.

Nicolas Kuhn is expected to come back into the Celtic team on Tuesday night after missing Saturday’s 4-1 win over Ross County with a minor injury issue. With that in mind, the Celtic star merits support to either score or assist at Dens Park this midweek. No Celtic player has registered more goal involvements than Kuhn this season. The German forward has racked up 16 goals and a further 11 assists for good measure across his 27 appearances in all competitions for Celtic this season.

4 of those goals have arrived across Kuhn’s last 4 appearances in the Scottish top-flight, which doesn’t bode well for Dundee’s brittle backline. The Dark Blues have failed to silence their guests in each of their 11 Scottish Premiership matches in front of their own supporters this season so far.