Tyrone Smith - BBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterTue, December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM UTC·2 min readSteven Pressley knows the "enormity" of the task on Wednesday but insists his Dundee side are capable of completing a remarkable double over Celtic.
Dundee, who defeated Celtic 2-0 in October during Brendan Rodgers' penultimate league game in charge, are seeking to win at Parkhead for the first time in 24 years and spoil interim boss Martin O'Neill's send-off.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"You need a near-perfect performance plus an element of luck to go and win at Celtic Park," said boss Pressley.
"It has been 25 years nearly since we have won there [May 2001], I think 1988 since Dundee recorded two wins against Celtic in the one season, so when you begin to look at statistics it shows the enormity of the task but again it is not beyond us.
"Another interesting statistic is the last time Dundee won there, Martin O'Neill was the manager and Shaun Maloney was on the bench so you just never know."
Dundee are ninth in the table but travel to Glasgow boosted by an impressive 3-1 comeback win over St Mirren.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPressley believes the result – which ended a four-game losing streak – helps reinforce his belief his side have been making progress amid "a run of really challenging games".
He added: "We had actually seen some progress in our performances but trying to convince people of that when you are losing games of football was difficult.
"And the evidence for most people of progression isn't performance, it is winning. It is not always the case as a coach, you look for different indicators, but we needed that to say to people, 'Yes we have made progress in this period' and I think that is why the game was of such importance against St Mirren.
"It has been nearly over a year since Dundee went behind and came back to win a game of football, so for us to do that on the back of a difficult run shows a lot in terms of the players' character and resilience so I was really proud of them for that.
"But when you say 'turned a corner' I am not sure. There is still a lot of work ahead of us, this is going to take time."
