If Rangers fail to go top of the Premiership table at the third attempt, Celtic supporters might begin to think there’s divine intervention at work.
Philippe Clement’s side had a chance to achieve that landmark when they played Aberdeen and Ross County over the last two midweek round of fixtures.
In Perth they’ll be facing a St Johnstone side so mediocre their manager Craig Levein felt compelled to issue a public apology for the poverty of their performance while losing to Dundee last weekend.
They should be a push over for a side with seven straight league wins on the bounce behind them. And I don’t believe that Clement, no matter what he says to the contrary, didn’t check the league table first thing this morning to see what was necessary for his side to assume the ascendancy over Celtic.