Dundee match programme feature: Facts And Figures | OneFootball

CELTIC and Dundee face each other tonight in the opening fixture of the 2026/27 Premiership season.

Martin O’Neill’s side will raise the league flag ahead of kick-off in recognition of last season’s incredible title triumph, which was sealed with a 3-1 victory over Hearts on the final day of the campaign.

Dundee, meanwhile, finished eighth in the table, and also recorded one win against Celtic last season – a 2-0 win at Dens Park in October last year.

Ahead of tonight’s match, we take a look at a few facts and figures related to the Celtic v Dundee fixture…

2026/27 FIXTURES

03/08/26 Celtic v Dundee

02/12/26 Dundee v Celtic

09/01/27 Celtic v Dundee

LAST SEASON

19/10/25 Dundee 2-0 Celtic

03/12/25 Celtic 1-0 Dundee

07/02/26 Celtic 2-1 Dundee (SC, aet)

05/04/26 Dundee 1-2 Celtic

JAMES FORREST FACT

James Forrest has played 24 times against Dundee (15 starts, 9 sub) and scored eight goals. His first game was in September 2021, in a 2-0 home win for the Hoops, while he scored the first of his eight goals against Dundee with a penalty in a 5-0 home win in February 2013. He has also picked up one yellow card in those 24 games.

ALAN FORREST FACT

The winger signed for Dundee in the summer after four years at Hearts, where he made nearly 150 appearances, scoring 14 goals. And he’s already got his first goal for Dundee, opening the scoring in last weekend’s 4-0 League Cup win over Clyde at Dens Park.

252 AND COUNTING…

Tonight’s match will be the 252nd league meeting between Celtic and Dundee. The Hoops have won 157 of those games, while Dundee have recorded 44 wins. The other 50 games have been drawn.

GOALS! GOALS! GOALS!

It was on October 26, 1895 that Celtic recorded their biggest ever competitive win when they defeated Dundee 11-0 at home in front of a crowd of 10,000. Celtic scored a total of 64 goals in that league-winning campaign, which also included two against Dundee in the opening game of the season.

DENS PARK DEFEAT

Dundee’s biggest victory over Celtic came on April 19, 1980, when they beat the Hoops 5-1 at Dens Park. Celtic were the title holders while Dundee weren’t even in the top tier the previous term. Going into this game the Hoops were top, and Dundee were second bottom, and destined to go down again. So, there was no rational explanation for this headline-making 5-1 result after Celtic took the lead!

WEIR’S WAY

A hat-trick by Jock Weir on the last day of the 1947/48 season gave Celtic a 3-2 victory over Dundee at Dens Park, and also ended any possibility of relegation for the Hoops, who still finished the campaign 12th in a 16-team league, while Dundee were fourth.

PLAYING FOR CELTIC

Dundee manager Steven Pressley joined Celtic from Hearts in December 2006, and he would go on to make 25 appearances for the Hoops, scoring two goals. He won the title with Celtic that season and the Scottish Cup the following year.

For this feature and many more in Celtic's Flag Night matchday programme, including the first of our 19 special covers to mark the 60th anniversary of the club's greatest achievement, lifting the European Cup in Lisbon in 1967, make sure you pick up a copy of tonight's Dundee programme featuring the great Billy McNeill. For more info on the Lisbon 60th anniversary series, see below.

MATCH PROGRAMME

Pick up a copy of our new-look Match Programme for the new league season 60 years on from our historic 1966/67 campaign, this season’s official match programme is celebrating those achievements with a special series of 19 collectable programmes.

For each home Premiership fixture, the front cover will feature an iconic figure from that season, and the programme for the Dundee game tonight starts with our greatest ever captain, Billy McNeill.

And as each programme is published – 19 in total – they will form a stunning collage of the players and management (see above) that is a must for any Celtic fan to collect

The official Celtic match programme will be available on a matchday from sellers outside the stadium and can also be purchased in the Celtic Superstore. You can also order a copy online.

You can also log on to the Official Celtic FC Podcast specials, broadcast specifically for each of the 19 Lisbon anniversary programme editions, with the first featuring Billy McNeill HERE.

Fixtures

Celtic Vs. Dundee - Mon, Aug 3rd 2026, 19:30