Celtic bossing the ballpublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2016
Celtic 0-0 Hamilton
Richard Wilson
BBC Scotland at Celtic Park
Celtic are controlling possession, but they are also finding Hamilton to be well-organised, disciplined and tenacious. The home midfielders have been trying to thread balls through the Hamilton defence and Patrick Roberts has provided a lively outlet down the right, darting in between the wing-back, Dougie Imrie, and the centre-back, Scott McMann.
There has been little respite for the visitors - which may tell in the end - but there have been two breakaways upfield when Rakish Bingham and Grant Gillespie made headway, but support was limited as Hamilton sought to remain compact in defence.
It will be a long, testing evening for Hamilton, but so far it is also demanding patience probing from Celtic.