PUT the words Celtic, Fir Park and title race into a search engine and the photograph of a helicopter pops up.

Motherwell’s home ground in 2005 was the place to be for Celtic supporters of the masochistic bent, as Scott McDonald scored two goals and, well, you know the rest. Fast forward three years and, once again, it is the two big Glasgow clubs going for the league flag and on this occasion it was Rangers who led. With games running out, Celtic headed to their not entirely favourite part of Lanarkshire and win a pulsating match.

Shortly afterwards, Rangers dropped two points at Fir Park which gave Gordon Strachan’s team the advantage and they went on to be crowned champions. So it’s not always been a bad venue for the Parkhead faithful.

But I have a feeling Motherwell is going to be a bad place for Ronny Deila on Saturday afternoon.

Mark McGhee’s men, in terms of results, are the Premiership’s in-form side and, as they won at Parkhead the last time these two met, will fancy a draw at the very least.

They need a point, probably, to stay in the top six so it’s not as if they have nothing to play for but by the same token won’t have anywhere near the pressure which will be heaped on their opponents should time tick on and they are not winning.

Especially if Aberdeen have managed to beat Hearts at Tynecastle this evening.

I can see Motherwell getting a draw at worst and that could mean the split beginning with a three point gap between first and second. Now that would be interesting.

Ronny Deila has some big decisions to make. Does he stay with Scott Brown, will Leigh Griffiths get some more help in the shape of a strike partner and does Tom Rogic start a week after he was almost clattered all the way back to Australia.

McGhee has less concerns. His team are playing well and it is ironic that McDonald and Stephen McManus, who scored in Celtic’s win at Fir Park in 2008, are among his go-to players.

On the country’s favourite day for betting, you would get pretty short odds on McDonald getting a goal against his old team. This could be a big day.

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Against a rejuvenated Motherwell side, Celtic desperately need to pick up the pace.

The problem that has plagued the Parkhead side all season is the question of just which Celtic side will turn up; will it be the Hoops side who were vibrant, energetic and committed against Hearts or will it be the limp and meek team who were spotted at Dens Park?

There will be much interest among the Celtic fans in events at Tynecastle this evening as Aberdeen take on Hearts but should Celtic head into tomorrow's game with only a two-point cushion with six games to go, the pressure will be on. And this is a Celtic side who have struggled to cope when the heat has been on at various junctures of this season.

However, given what is at stake and the vast resources Celtic have in comparison to every other team, they should be able to shake off a threat from Pittodrie and get the points they need. They should - but it is not a given by any means.

They have six games to see out the league campaign and it is imperative that the manage to source some kind of consistency between now and then.

Tom Rogic could come back to the middle of the park following his concussion last week and his creativity and ability to conjure something from nothing can be important – as we seen as Rugby Park a few weeks back.

League duty aside, this is also the final game before Celtic square up to Rangers in the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final and they desperately need to go into that one on the back of a strong performance and result.

Simply because they need to, Celtic should grind out the win and take the three points.

But it is a day when the big performers need to turn up; Leigh Griffiths needs to find his shooting boots, Scott Brown needs to find the yard that has been missing since he came back from injury and Stefan Johansen needs to do his best work higher up the pitch.