A potential title push nightmare has befallen Celtic fans as their Scottish Premiership fixture away to Aberdeen has been postponed. The decision was made after a pitch inspection at 4 pm on Wednesday, four hours before the match was scheduled to kick off. Earlier on Wednesday, Aberdeen pointed out that inclement weather had put the fixture at risk. They wrote on X, "Prolonged rain over the last few weeks has made the pitch heavy. The groundstaff have been working tirelessly to get it ready but there is an area of the surface at the Merkland end that is causing concern." A new date for the crunch clash is expected to be confirmed in due course. This is the last thing Martin O'Neill's men need with Celtic going for the title and competing in Europe. O'Neill's side must beat VfB Stuttgart in a two-legged play-off to reach the last 32 of the Europa League. Celtic host Stuttgart on February 19 before traveling to Germany on February 26. Should they beat the German outfit, there would be only one opportunity to squeeze in the Pittodrie clash before the Scottish Premiership splits. The final pre-split fixtures will occur on April 11, with the action to resume following the split on April 25. Celtic will also be expected to go deep in the Scottish Cup, with their fifth-round match against Dundee to be played on February 7. Should Celtic progress, they would play a quarter-final on the weekend of March 7, with the semi-finals to take place on April 18 and April 19. Celtic entered the Aberdeen fixture six points behind league leaders Hearts. However, the Hoops could have cut the gap to three given they had a game in hand. As for Aberdeen, they lie seventh in the Scottish Premiership. The Dons are in the midst of an alarming run of form, having won just once in their last eight league fixtures. Aberdeen were also knocked out of the Conference League having failed to win a single fixture in the league phase as they finished second-last.
