Celtic face newly promoted Bury in the FA Cup on Saturday at 3pm.

So far this season, Bury have played two matches, one their home match 1-0 over Newcastle Town and drawn 1-1 away from home – giving them an identical start to Celtic. Back-to-back promotions since their re-inception have seen Bury steadily climb the leagues, and they are among the bookie’s favourites for promotion this season, so Celtic couldn’t ask for a harder first round in the cup.

This is not Bury’s first match in the FA Cup, having to take part in the extra preliminary round, where they beat South Liverpool at home 6-0. Bury have scored in every match so far. In competitive matches, they have conceded only one. Including friendlies, they have still scored in the every match but have conceded eleven.

In the previous round of the FA Cup, Bury’s scorers saw two for Tyler James, two for DJ Pedro, and one each for Connor Pye and Kai Evans. Aidan Walker scored in the home win over Newcastle, while Louis Isherwood got their most recent goal against Avro.

In the match against Avro, Bury lined up as:
1. Mitch Allen
2. Aiden Walker
3. Connor Pye
4. Louis Isherwood
5. Aaron Chalmers
6. Bobby Carroll
7. Kieran Glynn
8. Cameron Fogerty
9. DJ Pedro
10. Kai Evans
11. Rustam Stevens

In Celtic’s last match, the 1-0 home win over Atherton, Celtic lined up as:
1. Charlie Monks
2. Mike Koral
3. Kyle Brownhill
4. Jordan Butterworth
5. Jack Byrne
6. Jack Tinning
7. Charlie Doyle
8. Liam Tongue
9. Jack Irlam
10. Andy Scarisbrick
11. Dylan Scott

This is a hard start to the FA Cup – and Celtic have a long history of going out early, but this is the FA Cup, and anything can happen.