Celtic will expect nothing short of three points when they travel to bottom club Dundee United in their Scottish Premier League clash on Boxing Day.
The Hoops are currently leading the table on 37 points from 18 games, having played a game less than second-placed Inverness, who have 32 points.
Dundee, however, look destined for the drop, and are bottom of the SPL on 12 points from 18 matches, six adrift of Ross County.
"It will be a cup final for them, but I suppose every game is for them really," Lennon said. "They have nothing to lose against us and there is no expectation level for them either, so their players, like most teams, will try and raise their game for us. It´s a very dangerous game and one we can´t take eye off.
"They were thrown in and it was pretty difficult for Barry (Smith). He didn't have a lot of time as he was basically preparing for the First Division. He is a good young manager and they have done okay, and probably as well as could be expected really.
"They haven't detached themselves from everyone else but they will need to get some sort of momentum, a couple of wins to try and put a bit of pressure on everyone else above them. But from our point of view, we would like to win the game and move on."
Celtic are in good domestic form having won four games on the bounce, including a comfortable 4-0 win over Ross County last weekend.
"It´s never easy and I´m not going to take the game lightly," Lennon added. "I have another three games -- Dundee, Hibs away and Motherwell -- before the break so I will try and use the squad.
"But everyone wants to play, the team is playing so well that I don´t want to break that momentum up to much but there are people champing at the bit to play.
"I don´t expect us to pull away, but I expect us to kick on. We are playing well at the minute and had an excellent second half on Saturday - a really good, top-quality performance from everyone, and with the likes of James Forrest coming back to the team, he gives us an extra dimension as well.
"The players have acquitted themselves brilliantly so far and we are halfway through the season and obviously we would just like to keep that going now.
"Whether other teams can stay with us, I don´t know, but it doesn´t look like Inverness are letting up, while Aberdeen had a good win at the weekend, so the league is still very vibrant."
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