Callum McGregor hopes Celtic can use an expected larger than usual away support at Tynecastle to help them book their place in the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
The Hoops were handed one of the toughest draws in the sixth round of the competition on Monday and will now play Robbie Neilson's side twice in a matter of days next month.
Celtic's away allocation at the Edinburgh venue has been cut to under 1,300 in recent seasons, but they could get up to 3,300 tickets and the full Roseburn Stand for the quarter-final clash as away teams are entitled to up to 20% of the spectator capacity of the ground in the Scottish Cup.
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On the possibility of having more Celtic fans in the stadium, McGregor told The Irish Mirror: "It's important that we try and use that along with the game principles that we always do. We always try to approach the game the same way, be dominant, have the ball, impose ourselves in the game and obviously it will be great to have more supporters in there than normal and they always back us to the hilt anyway so we're looking forward to it.
"It will be a tough game. It's always difficult going there, especially in a cup tie, a one off game but we'll approach it like we do every other Cup tie. We have to be right on the day, you have to do a lot of good things. It's a difficult venue but hopefully we have enough to overcome it."
But there's a lot of football to be played between now and then, with Celtic solely focussed on welcoming managerless Aberdeen to Glasgow's East End on Saturday.
McGregor added: "There's not too many changes in terms of personnel for Aberdeen so of course they might have a slightly different idea but for us I think it's just important for us that we approach the game the same way we do every other game.
"Training's been good this week, we're looking forward to another strong challenge but I believe if we turn up and do a lot of good things then we should come away with three points."
- Callum McGregor was speaking at a JD Sports fans meet & greet in their Castle Place Store in Belfast on 14th February 2023. Shop the full Celtic collection online at JD HERE or in-store.
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