St Mirren head to Celtic Park on Saturday to face the league leaders in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
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St Mirren cut the gap on ninth placed Ross County to three points after a 0-0 draw with St Johnstone on Wednesday night.
The Buddies have only lost two of their last eight league matches since last facing Celtic. There have been two wins against Kilmarnock (1-0) and Motherwell (2-1), draws with Aberdeen (0-0), Hibernian (2-2), Hamilton (1-1) and St Johnstone (0-0), while the two defeats have come against Rangers (0-1) and Livingston (1-2).
Neil Lennon's side currently sit atop of the Ladbrokes Premiership - 13 points clear of second-place Rangers as they search for nine league titles in a row.
The Hoops dropped their first league points off 2020 on Wednesday night when they drew 2-2 at Livingston. Tom Rogic's injury time equaliser snatched a late point to avoid defeat.
Celtic's last league defeat came at the end of 2019 when Neil Lennon's side were beaten 2-1 by Rangers at Celtic Park.
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Tomorrow's match will be the third and final meeting of the two sides this season.
Celtic have come out on top in the previous two fixtures this season winning 2-0 at Celtic Park in October and despite Cammy MacPherson pulling a late goal back when the sides met on Boxing Day at the Simple Digital Arena, Celtic won 2-1.
St Mirren haven't beaten Celtic since the 2013 League Cup semi-final where goals from Esmael Goncalves, Paul McGowan and Steven Thompson gave Saints a 3-2 victory and a place in the final.
The Buddies last league win over Celtic came 10 years ago when doubles from Andy Dorman and Steven Thomson saw Saints defeat Celtic 4-0 at the Simple Digital Arena.
Our last win at Celtic Park was almost 30 years ago when Saints, managed by Tony Fitzpatrick, defeated Celtic 3-0 thanks to goals from Guni Torfason, Geordie Shaw and Paul Lambert.
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Gary MacKenzie, Kyle Magennis, Stephen McGinn and Ryan Flynn all remain out for the Buddies.
Kyle McAllister should be available despite a knock on Wednesday night.
"You'll always get opportunities and the important thing is that when those opportunities come along that we are clinical and take them.
"Teams have gone there in the past and got shock results and we have to believe that we are capable of doing the same tomorrow.
"We need to believe. If we can take away a point then fantastic, if we can take away all three then that would be out of this world really.
"The fact of the matter is they have only lost one league game at Celtic Park all season so we are well aware of how difficult it is going to be."
