Celtic extended their winning run in the Scottish Premiership to 11 games with a 2-1 victory at St Mirren on Boxing Day to maintain a five-point lead over Rangers at the top of the table.
Steven Gerrard's men have a game in hand over the Scottish champions and kept up their title challenge with a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock ahead of Sunday's clash between the two Glasgow giants at Celtic Park.
Celtic were more comfortable winners in Paisley than the scoreline suggests as first half goals from Callum McGregor and James Forrest put them in command.
St Mirren goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky made a string of second half saves from Forrest, Jeremie Frimpong, Odsonne Edouard and Olivier Ntcham to prevent the visitors bolstering their goal difference.
And the Buddies even made Neil Lennon's men sweat in stoppage time after Cameron MacPherson's free-kick pulled a goal back a minute from time.
"We were a bit slow getting our shots off at times but I thought we looked dangerous all day," said Lennon. "I would like us to put a more flattering scoreline on the board, but in terms of the performance, it was good."
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