Celtic travel to Fir Park on Sunday afternoon to face Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership…
Brendan Rodgers’ side travel to North Lanarkshire after their midweek defeat to Aston Villa in the UCL and will be looking to record three points in their first league outing since the 3-3 draw against Dundee.
Former Celtic U20’s coach Stephen Frail will take the Steelmen after Stuart Kettlewell made the surprising decision to step away from the managerial role during the week.
Celtic Team News
Kasper Schmeichel missed training but the Great Dane will start between the sticks tomorrow. Brendan explained that the Celtic goalkeeper had been given an extra day off to recovery given his advancing years.
Cameron Carter-Vickers missed the game during the week but is available for selection and you would expect him to return to the starting XI beside Auston Trusty. Alistair Johnston and Greg Taylor will likely continue at full back.
Callum McGregor will start in the midfield and Reo Hatate and Arne Engels will be most likely to start but Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo will be in contention to start.
In attack, Nicolas Kühn and Daizen Maeda will start on the flanks with Adam Idah through the middle. Supporters will be keen to see Jota make his second debut for Celtic after returning from Rennes. Johnny Kenny will supplement his countryman Idah as the club chase a Kyogo replacement in the transfer market.
Predicted XI: Schmeichel; Taylor, Trusty, CCV, Johnston; McGregor, Hatate, Engels; Maeda, Idah, Kühn.
Match Officials
Calum Scott has been appointed as the referee for the game at Fir Park. David McGeachie will be assisting Scott alongside Colin Drummond.
Meanwhile at Clydesdale House, John Beaton is on VAR duties.
Kick Off Time
The game kicks off at 3pm (Celtic Park Time).
Where to Watch
The game will be shown on Sky Sports Football with coverage from Fir Park starting at 2:15pm from Chris Sutton & Co. Celtic TV has also confirmed that the game will available exclusively to subscribers outside Britain & Ireland, with coverage starting at 2:45pm.
Score Prediction
Fir Park has been a difficult away trip for Brendan as Celtic manager but he usually finds a way to get the three points. And it’s never easy in the matches after a tough European away trip. That extra day though will be of assistance to the Bhoys. Expect a 2-0 victory for Celtic this afternoon and an appearance from the bench from Jota, perhaps replacing Adam Idah with Daizen going through the middle.
COYBIG
We will have to be on our toes tomorrow. We can be sure that Collum will have his troops instructed to remember his bonuses are at stake so he’ll be watching them to make sure we get penalized at every opportunity.
No excuse Celtic good playing surface good atmosphere would like a look at young Kenny sometime in the game but win a must like all our games keep the pressure on the chasing pack