Leigh Griffiths is in a race to hit his 15th goals of the season.
The striker notched a double today against Hearts to take his hoops tally to 87 as he bids to join the elite group of strikers to have notched 100 goals for Celtic.
Since John Hartson hit the ton in 2006 Gary Hooper, Scott McDonald, Anthony Stokes and Kris Commons have got close to that landmark but all being well Griffiths should hit his 100th Celtic goal before Christmas.
???? LG: “I’m not far away from 100 #CelticFC goals and that would be a big achievement for myself.”
— Celtic Football Club (@celticfc) August 5, 2017
???? LG: “To get 100 goals at a club like this would be massive for me.”
— Celtic Football Club (@celticfc) August 5, 2017
The little striker opened the scoring in the 29th minute then headed his second just past the hour after Scott Sinclair had put Celtic two goals in front.
Jonny Hayes replaced Griffiths in the 67th minute with Callum McGregor putting Celtic 4-0 up in the 73rd minute.
With Moussa Dembele out injured for the remainder of this month Brendan Rodgers will use Griffiths sparingly with his priority being to ensure that the striker is fit and available for the Champions League qualifiers against Astana.