Celtic face Livingston this afternoon in the Scottish Cup Quarter Final. The holders have beaten Buckie Thistle and St Mirren to reach this stage and will be hoping to dispose of the visitors from West Lothian.
Brendan Rodgers will have to pick a team that doesn’t include skipper Callum McGregor, Maik Nawrocki, Reo Hatate and Luis Palma, all of whom are missing through injury. The manager will likely name a team similar to the XI that started at Tynecastle last weekend.
In goals, Joe Hart will start.
Expect a back four of Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales and Greg Taylor.
In midfield, it will likely be the same trio that started against Hearts – Paulo Bernardo, Matt O’Riley and Tomoki Iwata. There is also an argument that Odin Thiago Holm could start.
In attack, expect Adam Idah will likely start through the middle with Nicolas Kuhn and Daizen Maeda on the left. The manager could also use James Forrest, Rocco Vata or even Kyogo in the wide areas.
Predicted XI: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Iwata, Bernardo, O’Riley; Maeda, Idah, Kuhn.
Don’t know what happen to bernardo didn’t seem up for hearts game his defensive qualities looked poor letting players run off him iwata got caught in possession only for var lines to prove player offside lines man missed Holm has been on the bench after red card in champions league yes he has had injuries if fit I’m sure Rodgers will play him he has pace good passer reads game well in the Spl not many chances does teams allow Celtic to hit them on the break cause of teams parking the bus or low ball qe have to pass the ball from end to end tire teams out that’s why we score so late so good passers are needed is sad but that’s spl wasting time is a big issue in our game heard new laws to hurry game up is been talk about we need it sky will be sticking adverts in every goalkeeper gets the ball so boring