Aberdeen will inspect the pitch at Pittodrie at 16:00 GMT to assess whether their Scottish Premiership game against Celtic can go ahead on Wednesday evening.

Dundee’s Dens Park pitch is also the subject of concern before their Premiership game against Motherwell.

The area around the goal at the Merkland end of Pittodrie is of particular concern before Aberdeen’s game with the reigning champions – who are seeking to close the gap to three points on leaders Heart of Midlothian.

The game is scheduled to kick-off at 20:00 and the weather forecast between then and 22:00 is for further heavy rainfall.

“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 that is causing concern,” said an Aberdeen statement.

Following heavy rain overnight in Angus, Dundee arranged a precautionary inspection with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) at 14:30 GMT.

“The update on the outcome will be issued as soon as is available,” said a Dundee statement.

Dundee struggled with the Dens Park pitch two seasons ago and admitted to five breaches of SPFL rules following a series of postponements because of waterlogging.

Dundee are third bottom of the Premiership while Motherwell are in fourth place.