Celtic fans react as Brendan Rodgers makes several changes to line-up for Hibernian clash

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Celtic are back in Scottish Premiership action against Hibernian today as they bid to maintain their seven-point advantage at the summit.

Brendan Rodgers will have his sights on another inspiring victory after the Bhoys’ superb win over Aberdeen in midweek to put some daylight between themselves and the Dons.

Celtic are flying at the moment and look a difficult prospect for any team to face, but Hibernian will have designs of their own on claiming further away from the Scottish Premiership relegation zone.

With stakes high ahead of a third meeting between the pair this season, how has Rodgers chosen to line up for the tie?

Brendan Rodgers names starting line-up for Celtic vs Hibernian

Rodgers has named his starting line-up as Celtic look to extend their unbeaten Scottish Premiership run to 15 consecutive matches.

• CELTIC Starting XI: SCHMEICHEL, JOHNSTON, TRUSTY, SCALES, TAYLOR, MCGREGOR, ENGELS, MCCOWAN, KUHN, MAEDA, IDAH.
• Substitutes: SINISALO, KYOGO, VALLE, YANG, CARTER-VICKERS, BERNARDO, HATATE, FORREST, RALSTON.

Rodgers has drafted Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels, Luke McCowan and Adam Idah back into his starting XI today, representing five changes from the midweek win over Aberdeen.

Fans react to Celtic team announcement to face Hibernian

The announcement has piqued the interest of Celtic fans as they poured in to discuss the Irishman’s main selection decisions ahead of facing Hibernian.

One was pleased about two of Rodgers’ selections, stating: “Great that McCowan and Engels are starting together.”

Another fan added: “Few changes from midweek but expected with Zagreb on Tuesday. Let’s do this.”

Continuing the theme, a separate supporter was delighted to see Scales back in for Carter-Vickers: “Scales redemption arc and a stunning midfield. Up the Celts.”

No matter what, the most important thing today is three points for Celtic with their Champions League trip to Zagreb in mind.

Ultimately, rotation was always going to occur on an afternoon that comes directly after an energy-sapping encounter at Pittodrie.

Hopefully, the Bhoys can deliver a statement three points and a performance to match before their exploits in Croatia take centre stage!