Bloemfontein Celtic defender Thabo Nthethe believes their midweek opponents Black Leopards will prove much tougher customers than they did when the teams met in the reverse fixture last year.

Leopards and Celtic previously locked horns in the second game of the current PSL season, with Phunya Sele Sele coasting to a 2-0 victory at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium midway through August.

Today Celtic travel to the Peter Mokaba Stadium to once again square up against Lidoda Duvha, but Nthethe believes the Limpopo-based outfit will not roll over as easily as they did six months ago.

"We have been playing well in the build-up for Leopards and so have they. We have seen them play and we know that they will pose a more difficult threat than from the last time we played them," he told Backpage TXT.

However, the 27-year-old remains confident Celtic can maintain the form which has seen them win all of their previous three Premiership encounters.

"Against the bottom teams it is always difficult to get the full results but the confidence is there and we are favouring our chances," he added. - football365.co.za