Kilmarnock star Djenairo Daniels insists Celtic are 'not in a good place' currently.
The Killie striker claims Stuart Kettlewell's side will look to take full advantage of that when the teams meet at Rugby Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Scottish Premiership encounter will take place in Ayrshire with a 3pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports.
The frontman has scored four goals in nine games since arriving from Cork City during the summer. He was one of 13 new recruits for Killie.
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Killie have progress through to the quarter-finals of the League Cup, where they will take on St Mirren at home with the carrot of a semi-final place and a trip to Hampden dangling in front of them.
However, Kettlewell has yet to pick up his first victory on league business since taking over from Derek McInnes, with four draws from their opening four matches against Livingston, Hibernian, Dundee and Motherwell.
"Kilmarnock is a good team," Daniels, 23, told Sky Sports. "From here, I can only skyrocket, I have said this all before.
"Kilmarnock was the right choice for me to make to improve myself.
"It's not only Celtic and Rangers. They are obviously big teams, but we are also a big team and we can show them what we're about. That's what we're going to do on Sunday.
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"Obviously, Celtic is a big club, with big history. We're kind of like the underdogs, but we'll take that.
"We're doing good. We have a good team and we have a good team spirit. I think that's what it's all about.
"Celtic are not really in a good place right now at the moment, and we will take advantage of that."
Celtic, of course, sit joint top of the table with Hearts after four games played.
However, Brendan Rodgers' side were embarrassingly knocked out of the Champions League by Kairat Almaty, and fan unrest is reaching fever pitch after the club's transfer inactivity during the summer window.
Celtic supporters are urging each other to boycott the first 10 minutes of the game at Rugby Park to show their discontent to the club's board, with the Green Brigade predicted to display banners on the empty seats until fans arrive in the Chadwick Stand.
