Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic side to take on Motherwell at Fir Park this afternoon in the 3pm kick-off in the Scottish Premiership…
McCowan and Forrest start
There are four changes to the side that started in midweek against Atalanta in the Champions League with Luke McCowan getting his first competitive start for Celtic, Paulo Bernardo coming back into the midfield and there’s a start for James Forrest while Kyogo is back in the starting XI after dropping to the bench in midweek in what was a tactical change by the manager.
It’s the same back four playing ahead of Schmeichel in goals, so Johnston, Trusty, Scales and Valle all go again.
The midfield three of McCowan, Hatate and Bernardo starts and the front three are Forrest, Kyogo and Maeda.
A day off for Callum McGregor
Callum McGregor is NOT on the bench, so is getting a day off with the games ahead in mind. The subs are Sinisalo, Taylor, Palma, Idah, Kuhn, Yang, Carter-Vickers, Engels and Ralston. Expect to see both CCV and Greg Taylor getting some minutes as they come back from injury.
Alistair Johnston has the armband
With Calmac not involved and CCV on the bench it’s going to be a special day for Alistair Johnston as he gets to captain the side.
Kick-off is at 3pm, and it’s live on Celtic TV for subscribers based outside Britain and Ireland. It’s also live on Sky Sports.
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