Levein - can frustrate Celtic again.

By Gareth Friel

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	2.5pts Dundee United to beat Celtic draw no bet at 12/5 (Blue Square, 888sport)	Five of last six have ended in draws but Celtic have key players missing.

Dundee United boss Craig Levein is the hot favourite to succeed George Burley as Scotland manager and he has the perfect chance to showcase his credentials when his side face Celtic in Sunday's televised game.

In his time in charge at Tannadice, Levein has fared well against the Old Firm, losing only eight of 22 meetings which is highly commendable given the huge disparity in budgets, while they have held Celtic to draws in five of their last six meetings.

And with Celtic having failed to win following the last two international breaks, Levein will be confident of beating Tony Mowbray's side for the first time since 1999.

His cause will be helped by the absence of Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, Shaun Maloney and Stephen McManus from the visiting line-up.

United are unbeaten in their last five SPL games since a home loss to Motherwell and were the better side against Rangers in the first half of their abandoned clash, although they were trailing 1-0 when it was called off.

Celtic have failed to win in three of their last five league games as Mowbray continues to look for the right formation and personnel and were lucky to come away with a 3-3 draw against bottom club Falkirk last time out.

Although the international break won't hit them as badly this time in terms of numbers, with the aforementioned quartet definitely out and Aiden McGeady and Georgios Samaras having played in World Cup play-offs on Wednesday, they could suffer at Tannadice.

The 7/2 about a home win certainly holds appeal but given the amount of draws between this pair recently, we reckon backing the hosts at 12/5 in the 'draw no bet' market is better value.