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Motherwell travel to face Celtic in the Ladbrokes Premiership, chasing a seventh straight league win for the first time in 86 years.

Kick off at Celtic Park on Sunday is at 3pm.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Tale of the tape

Both teams go into the game with six straight league wins under their belts.

Motherwell have defeated Hamilton, Hibernian, Dundee, Livingston, St Mirren and Hearts on their run, while the league leaders have seen off St Mirren, Hamilton, St Johnstone (twice), Hibernian and Kilmarnock.

Team news

Motherwell remain without Trevor Carson, Chris Cadden and Craig Tanner. Christian Mbulu and Ross McCormack are also still sidelined.

Scott Brown is suspended for the hosts, following his red card in the match with Kilmarnock last weekend.

Get your tickets before Saturday

Tickets are available online now or from the Fir Park ticket office. The ticket office is from 10am until 1pm on Saturday.

Tickets will not be available for purchase on the day of the game. You must buy in advance. Web sales will close on Friday.

Kick off at Celtic Park is at 3pm. Ticket prices are as follows.

Cheaper tickets are restricted view. These will go on sale once our full view ticket allocation is sold.

Fans who require ambulant or wheelchair access should contact Andy Sim on 07428 225254 or email tickets@mfcdsa.com.

Watch it live online

If you’re based outside of the UK/Ireland, you can watch a live stream of the game direct from Celtic Park.

To sign up for our service, just head to tv.motherwellfc.co.uk and choose your package. Subscriptions to see live games start at just £12 a month.

Every league game between now and the split will be broadcast live on our service.

If you’re in the UK or Ireland but can’t make the game, there’s also live audio commentary available on our service. Our domestic subscriptions cost £6 a month and also get you full game replays.

Stephen Robinson says a confident Motherwell side must raise their game further, across every player, to stand a chance of a result against Celtic.

Kerry Montgomery hopes Motherwell can put the controversial defeat to Forfar Farmington behind them by reaching the quarter finals of the SWPL Cup.

The Motherwell captain thought she had earned the women of steel a share of the spoils at Station Park last Sunday. However, the ball was judged to have hit the net after the referee’s final whistle.

Donald Jennow’s side travel to face SWPL2 side Hutchison Vale on Sunday, with a place in the last eight of the first cup competition of the season up for grabs.

Montgomery is relishing the chance to put last weekend’s disappointment firmly behind her.

“Last week was a tough one to take, but that’s done with now,” Montgomery said. “The focus all week has been firmly on the cup game on Sunday.

”We have a group of girls who are hungry and want to win. The game on Sunday is a great platform for us to get back to winning ways and more importantly with a good solid team performance.”

Last season, Montgomery played a big part as Motherwell reached the Scottish Cup final.

Although they were unable to upset the odds in the final against Hibs, the midfielder is aiming for more success in 2019.

‘Well will make the trip to the capital as firm favourites, but the skipper has warned against complacency.

“We have a brand new team and are looking to our own journey in the cup competitions,” she added. “Despite saying that, it was a Motherwell team that made it to the final last year.

“We have to look to try and keep that focus and belief to push to that level.

“The game is on Hutchison Vale’s patch, so we are looking at it as a tricky away fixture that we’ll need to be mentally and physically ready for.

“They will be looking to bounce back from their difficult start to the season, so we aren’t taking anything for granted.”

After a close season that brought wholesale changes to the ‘Well squad, Montgomery was one of the few players who remain from the side that surged to the SWPL2 title.

The 30-year-old is enjoying life at Fir Park and has praised the spirit within the newly assembled squad.

“The last couple months in training with the squad have been great,” said the former Celtic midfielder.

“We’re beginning to have a good understanding of each other.

“We all get on really well, the banter is great, but the focus is even better we have a group that want to learn, improve and push to win.

“It’s competitive and a really good atmosphere right now.”

Celtic and Motherwell face off in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Sunday, with the two sides the most in-form teams in the division.

Here’s the game previewed in numbers.

Six

Both teams have won six Ladbrokes Premiership games on the bounce, the only two teams to manage such a feat in the 2018/19 campaign.

Achieving seven victories would mark the first time Motherwell have put together such a run since the start of the 1933/34 season.

For Celtic, it would be the first time they’ve done it in the same campaign since they won 22 straight games in 2016/17.

19

For the Steelmen, it’s two teenage wonders who have been grabbing the headlines for their performances in recent times.

Jake Hastie and David Turnbull have been finding the net and adding youthful fearlessness to the team, with both netting in the 2-1 win over Hearts last weekend.

It will be Turnbull’s first senior appearance at Celtic Park on Sunday, but Hastie has already featured there, making his top team debut at the stadium in October 2016.

600

With Celtic also on the same winning streak as Motherwell, they have one slight advantage in that they’ve not conceded a single league goal in 2019.

It has been 600 minutes since their goal was breached, when Ryan Jack scored 30 minutes into their game with Rangers back at the end of December.

David Turnbull says the team’s preparation levels are as high as ever ahead of Sunday’s trip to Glasgow, and the squad head to face Celtic with confidence.

Motherwell go to Celtic on Sunday, looking to match an 86-year-old record of winning seven consecutive league games.

Here’s an early look ahead to the match.

Head to head

The Steelmen’s six-game run of Ladbrokes Premiership wins has seen them topple Hamilton, Hibernian, Dundee, Livingston, St Mirren and Hearts.

Stephen Robinson’s side have scored 11 and conceded just three in that spell, keeping three clean sheets.

Celtic themselves made it six league wins on the bounce when they grabbed a last-minute winner at Kilmarnock last Sunday.

They’ve won all eight of their domestic games in 2019, losing only in Europe to Valencia.

Get your tickets before Saturday

Tickets are available online now or from the Fir Park ticket office. The ticket office is open 9-5 Monday to Thursday, 9-4 Friday and from 10am until 1pm on Saturday.

Tickets will not be available for purchase on the day of the game. You must buy in advance. Web sales will close on Friday.

Kick off at Celtic Park is at 3pm. Ticket prices are as follows.

Cheaper tickets are restricted view. These will go on sale once our full view ticket allocation is sold.

Fans who require ambulant or wheelchair access should contact Andy Sim on 07428 225254 or email tickets@mfcdsa.com.

With six Ladbrokes Premiership wins under our belts, we head to face league leaders Celtic on Sunday, 24 February.

Tickets are available online now or from the Fir Park ticket office. The ticket office is open 9-5 Monday to Thursday, 9-4 Friday and from 10am until 1pm on Saturday.

Tickets will not be available for purchase on the day of the game. You must buy in advance. Web sales will close on Friday.

Kick off at Celtic Park is at 3pm. Ticket prices are as follows.

Cheaper tickets are restricted view. These will go on sale once our full view ticket allocation is sold.

Fans who require ambulant or wheelchair access should contact Andy Sim on 07428 225254 or email tickets@mfcdsa.com.

It had been five years since we won six league games in a row. Step forward the class of 2019.

This is the Story of the Match from the win over Hearts.

Barry Maguire was left with plenty to ponder after being sent off in Queen of the South’s home defeat to Dundee United.

The defender was caught in possession by Peter Pawlett, leading to the 20-year-old hauling him down in the box, denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity and seeing red.

His team lost out 1-0, with Nicky Clark netting the resulting penalty.

PJ Morrison and George Newell were both starters for Albion Rovers, as they lost out 1-0 at promotion-chasing Clyde.

Newell had a late, late chance to grab an equaliser for his side, dragging a stoppage-time shot wide of the post.

Neil McLaughlin played 90 minutes in League Two for Stirling Albion, as they twice threw away a one-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Elgin City.

Former ‘Well man Dylan Mackin was again on target, as the Binos conceded two in the last 10 minutes to lose out.

Broque Watson wasn’t in action for East Fife as they lost in the IRN-BRU Cup semi-final, owing to his involvement with the Motherwell Colts earlier in the season.

In England, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair got his first minutes for Crewe Alexandra in a 1-1 draw with Paul Scholes’ Oldham Athletic.

The left back came off the bench midway through the second half, as his team scored a stoppage time leveller at Boundary Park.

Maurice Ross says his reserve side’s 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle was a valuable learning experience in attacking play for the youngsters.

Motherwell controlled possession for almost the entirety of the game, but struggled to create clear scoring chances against a defensive side in wet and windy conditions at Lesser Hampden.

The team did carve out openings in the first half in particular, but fell behind in the second half and rescued a point through Conor Sammon’s equaliser.

“We were in full control, which is what we like,” said Ross. I”t’s maybe an insight for the lads what it’s like when top teams have the majority of the possession.

“Top teams move the ball with a constant eye on an opportunity to get in behind and kill you. We kept it with an idea of keeping it.

“That is where I think the development will come. We aren’t just trying to move the ball about, we are trying to move an opponent about to find a space we can exploit and move into.”

First teamers Sammon, Liam Donnelly and Danny Johnson started the match as part of a youthful Motherwell side.

The trio would all contribute scoring chances in the first 45, with Johnson going close and Sammon having a goal disallowed for offside.

Jamie Semple also had two big chances towards the end of the opening period, but twice missed the target.

Ross’ side continued to dominate in the second half, but they struggled to create chances early on and were punished on the counter.

Having escaped an arguably more-dangerous counter attack situation 10 minutes before, ‘Well were done when Dean Watson slid in Ally Roy, who was composed enough to steer past Rohan Ferguson one-on-one with 65 minutes on the clock.

Motherwell continued to press on from going behind and finally got the goal their play deserved with eight minutes remaining.

Sammon found a yard of space on the left side of the six yard box, before brilliantly turning his body, spinning and rifling the ball into the far corner of the net.

“We got done with their goal but we didn’t panic,” added Ross. “We should have been three up at half time, but a draw isn’t a problem. It’s a development game, results aren’t the most important thing.

“We want to see they’ve got an idea of how to win football matches. They came up against a team sitting deep with nine behind the ball, but we were in the position where we could move the opponent around.”