Robbie Keane starred in Celtic’s last Scottish Premiership fixture at Falkirk

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Celtic will play Falkirk away from home in the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2010.

The Hoops face John McGlynn’s side off the back of a 4-0 win against Dundee United with Martin O’Neill back in the dugout.

With a game in hand on second placed Rangers, it is a chance to retain second spot and hope for Hearts to lose their game in hand against St Mirren.

Fans travelling to the Falkirk stadium will know that they have a good record against the hosts, beating them 4-0 under O’Neill once already this season, and those who made the visit 16 years ago will also have happy memories.

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Robbie Keane’s brace secures three points for Celtic against Falkirk

With Rangers holding a 13-point lead at the top of the table at that time, a win was the only result that would have been deemed acceptable.

Artur Boruc and Georgios Samaras were among the starters, as well as Robbie Keane, who Dermot Desmond personally went out his way to sign.

Keane was the difference maker on the day and opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a low-driven shot into the corner.

Falkirk made it difficult to break them down and it took until the 79th minute for the Irishman’s second goal of the game to arrive as he got on the end of Marc Crosas’ free-kick.

Although the Bhoys had the larger share of possession, they were still able to muster very few shots on goal, with a total of eight across the 90 minutes.