Celtic contest recent rivals Dundee United in League Cup final

Scottish champions Celtic will face domestic league rivals Dundee United for the second time in a week, as Hampden Park hosts a potentially enthralling League Cup final.

Ronny Deila’s Bhoys, 15/8 with Coral to win and both teams to score, were held to a 1-1 draw in the two side’s recent Scottish FA Cup quarter-final encounter at Tannadice Park, setting up a replay which will take place three days before a league meeting at Celtic Park.

This will mean the hopeful Hoops will have come up against Jackie McNamara’s Terrors, 13/2 to win, four times this month, but a possible 15th League Cup trophy triumph awaits Celtic in their latest match-up. The battling Bhoys are 29/20 to secure a victory to nil this time out.

Deila’s in-from Glasgow giants, odds-on 4/9 favourites, are aiming to complete one leg of an incredible domestic treble when they take to the pitch against Dundee United, and a League Cup coup would provide the Norwegian boss with his first piece of silverware since arriving in Scottish football.

The 39-year-old manager has rallied his players, claiming they have a huge chance to make history this term.

“Every time when you do well you will get more and more important and bigger and bigger games,” Deila said.

“We have a really, really good chance, we’re in a better position now (to win the treble) than we were in September.”

Celtic have steeped immense pressure on themselves after highlighting a potential treble as their primary aim this season, but Deila declared that a successful campaign does not solely rest on his side’s latest final.

“If we don’t succeed then we’re going to be disappointed but we’ll still have a lot to play for. So we just have to enjoy the moment and look forward to every game,” he continued.