And United performances in this fixture has the Northern Ireland international believing a home win could be on the cards this weekend.

“It’s a fresh game and anything can happen, but, when you have played as well as we have in the games against Celtic, you have to take some confidence from that and think you have a chance,” he said.

“That’s definitely the way we feel. We have not won enough of our recent games, but we have not been playing badly and the manager has been telling us that, if we tighten things up at the back, we’ll start winning.

“If we can do that against Celtic and get a result, it would set us up nicely for the closing games of the season.

“First thing we have to do, is make sure we are in the top six and, once we do that, we can start thinking about catching Hearts and Aberdeen.

“They’ve both moved above us over the last few weeks, but we’ll have to meet them again and, if we are playing well, we can get back above them.”

If this is a big game for United, Feeney is also guessing Celtic are viewing their Tayside trip as potentially one of the most crucial of the closing couple of months of the season.

“This year, we have shown we can take points off the Old Firm and run them close, so Celtic will feel that, if they can come up here and take three points, they will have taken an important step towards the title.

“They will be on a high after beating Rangers in the cup final last weekend and we know they will be up for this one as well, but they’ll know this is a potential banana skin.”

With Jon Daly struggling because of a hamstring problem, Feeney looks likely to be partnered by Spaniard Francisco Sandaza up front.

While Daly may not make it, Prince Buaben’s condition has been improving and he looks set to make the squad.

Tickets for both sets of fans will be on sale from the club shop between 9 am-5 pm tomorrow and from 10 am on Sunday — the game kicks off at 2 pm.