Celtic have a tough task away from home against Bodo/Glimt in the UEFA Europa Conference League – but it’s not impossible.
Ange Postecoglou’s Bhoys find themselves 3-1 down after the first leg in Glasgow, where the Norwegian champions produced a clinical display in front of goal.
Celtic still hold ambitions of going further in the competition but it will require a massive performance on an artificial pitch that Bodo/Glimt have expertly used to their advantage in European competition this season.
There’s an expectation Postecoglou will play a full-strength team, but what XI will he go with? Here’s our best shot…
Joe Hart‘s selection needs no explaining. The Celtic goalkeeper will likely have to keep a clean sheet tonight if Celtic are to progress. This could be another big night for him in the jersey.
Ahead of him, I could see the manager sticking with the Anthony Ralston, Carl Starfelt, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Josip Juranovic combination that we witnessed on Sunday.
However, Postecoglou is a big fan of Greg Taylor so it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to see him come back in either.
After being rested on Sunday, Tom Rogic is primed to come back into contention with Callum McGregor and Reo Hatate.
Some will cry out for Matt O’Riley, but tonight a bit of experience and nous is the order of the day for me, Rogic provides that and O’Riley is available to be unleashed vs Hibernian on Sunday.
On the wings, I’d like to see the return of dual-threat Liel Abada and Jota, with Daizen Maeda on the bench.
That leaves Giorgos Giakoumakis in attack who is almost undroppable after his super hat-trick at the weekend. Hopefully, he can find those goalscoring moments again tonight to send us through.
Your predicted XI in full is: Hart, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Juranovic, McGregor, Hatate, Rogic, Abada, Jota, Giakoumakis.
In other news, Jackie McNamara on why Celtic boss Postecoglou has an interesting choice at left-back.
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