Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 6th where Celtic will travel to Dingwall to battle Ross County in a clash of the Premiership. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed Ross County is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hearts. Alan Forrest struck first for Hearts in the 59th minute, then Barrie McKay added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Alexander William Cochrane. Ross County looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, Celtic recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Aberdeen. Stephen Welsh struck first for Celtic in the 3rd minute, then João Filipe added another in the 75th minute on a feed from David Turnbull In the end, Aberdeen was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Celtic is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Celtic won the head to head battle with 4 wins.
Celtic is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with David Turnbull and Daizen Maeda each having 2 goals in their last 5. Jordan White has been the most effective weapon for Ross County lately. The Scotish attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches.