Celtic face St Mirren in the Premier Sports Cup Final on Sunday. The Scottish Champions beat Rangers to secure their place in the showpiece final while Stephen Robinson’s Paisley outfit thrashed Motherwell the night before.
Wilfried Nancy had admitted that he has listened to the squad about the speed of changes after two defeats against Hearts and Roma. The Frenchman will be hoping that he can get a first Celtic win and a first piece of silverware to kickoff his tenure at Celtic.
Celtic Team News
Celtic go into the game with a number of players currently out injured. Jota, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Alistair Johnston and Callum Osmand remain out with longterm injuries. James Forrest is back in training after missing Celtic’s last six games.
Sebastian Tounekti and Mikel-Ange Balikwisha are available before leaving for the AFCON. Nigeria striker Kelechi Iheanacho has not been called up, which is to Celtic’s benefit as he showed promise after coming on at half time in the defeat at the weekend.
It remains to be seen whether the manager makes changes after Thursday night, there were two notable improvements in the second half with Iheanacho and Bernardo both showing positives signs.
Kasper Schmeichel will start in goals. Expect a back three to continue with Auston Trusty continuing with potentially Kieran Tierney and Colby Donovan either side of the USA Internationalist.
Daizen Maeda may move to the left side but Tounetki might be retained. Yang could start out right with a midfield duo of Callum McGregor and Arne Engels. Expect Reo Hatate and Paulo Bernardo to start behind Kelechi Iheanacho.
Predicted XI: Schmeichel; Donovan, Trusty, Tierney; Yang, McGregor, Engels, Maeda; Hatate, Bernardo, Iheanacho.
Match Officials
The SFA have confirmed the appointment of seasoned referee Kevin Clancy for the Cup Final clash. Clancy will be assisted by Calum Spence and Gordon Crawford. Fourth Official duties will be carried out by David Dickinson.
Meanwhile, at Clydesdale House, Don Robertson will be on VAR duties with Matthew MacDermid assisting.
Kick Off Time
The Premier Sports Cup final between St Mirren and takes place on Sunday, 14 December 14 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Kick-off is at 3.30pm.*
*(Celtic Park Time).
Where to Watch
The game will be shown on Premier Sports 1 with coverage starting at 3pm from the National Stadium. Celtic supporters that subscribe to Celtic TV living outside Britain and Ireland will be able to watch the game on the club’s streaming service, this starts at 3:15pm.
Premier Sports is available on Sky, Virgin, STV Player and Amazon Prime as an add-on subscription.
Score Predictions from our Celtic Star writers can be read here.
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