On Saturday, Celtic host former tenants, FC United of Manchester (kick off 3pm). FC United are currently one place and one point behind Celtic in the table, on twelve points in twelfth, having played a game more than Celtic.

FC United have played five away games so far this season, winning one (1-0 over Warrington), losing one (3-2 at Grantham) and drawing the other three (Stafford and Lancaster goalless and Radcliffe 1-1). That's the same number of points as at home, where they have won two and lost three. They started their first season back in the Northern Premier League with three losses, but then put together an unbeaten run of six games, with their most recent away game being their only away win this season, at Warrington.

Their top scorers so far this season are Regan Linney and Tunde Owolabi, both of whom have three. Three other players have chipped in to their ten goals so far this season (four away), scoring at a rate of a goal per game (0.8 away). They have conceded eleven goals this season (four away), at a rate of 1.1 goals per game (0.8 away). They have kept four clean sheets (two on the road) and failed to score in four (three on the road). FC United did not score in their last match, scoring two in their last five matches, but have kept four clean sheets in the same number of matches.

Since their inception in 2005, we've met eight times competitively, twice in 2009 when they knocked us out of the FA Cup, beating us 1-0 in a replay after we held them to a 3-3 draw at home. More recently, we met in the 2016/17 season in the Conference North, when we lost 4-2 at home, drew 2-2 in Moston and lost 1-0 in the Manchester Cup final in Oldham to an early goal. We beat them in three out of three in the 2015/16 season, beating them 1-0 at Bower Fold, 4-3 away in the Manchester Cup and 1-0 away in the league. In total, we have won three, lost three and drawn two of our eight meeting.

In FC United's last match, a 2-0 home loss to South Shields, they lined up as:
1. Paddy Wharton
2. Aaron Morris
3. Adam Dodd
4. Chris Doyle
5. Tom Dean
6. Curtis Jones
7. Alex Babos
8. Mike Potts
9. Tunde Owolabi
10. Alex Curran
11. Regan Linney

FC United have a couple of former Celts in their line-up, including Paddy Wharton and Charlie Ennis. Celtic continued their recent good form with a 1-0 away win at Witton. In that match, Celtic lined up as:
1. Alex Fojtíček
2. Declan Walker
3. Kallum Mantack
4. Ross Dent
5. Mark Lees
6. Chris Smalley
7. Jonathan Ustabasi
8. Nathan Valentine
9. Craig Hobson
10. Darius Osei
11. Harry Freedman

A win for Celtic could see us get into the top ten on the ten game mark, with Grantham, Warrington and Lancaster all within reach and only Lancaster playing (at home to Matlock). A loss would see at least FC United overtake us, with Witton also within reach (away at Bamber Bridge).