Celtic’s shirt sponsors, Dafabet, made sure that fans were quids in with a special James Forrest bet this afternoon.
Earlier today the winger was priced at a miserable 7/2 but in a bid to drum up business those odds were eased out to a much more appealing 9/1.
Fans that decided to invest were quickly rewarded when Forrest opened the scoring in the 15th minute.
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Proving that his opener was no fluke the winger scored another three before half time as Celtic turned in their best performance of the season.
Danny Swanson was shown a red card early in the second half for a brutal swipe at Forrest but fortunately he recovered as Celtic went on to enjoy a 6-0 victory with Odsonne Edouard and Callum McGregor the other scorers.
Celtic now have a 13 day break before they face Hibs- punters will be keeping an eye on which player Dafabet will be offering a price boost on to open the scoring.