Manager Ange Postecoglou has confirmed his Celtic team vs Bodo/Glimt in the UEFA Europa Conference League tonight, per the official club website.
The full matchday squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor, McGregor, O’Riley, Rogic, Abada, Jota, Maeda.
Substitutes – Bain, Oluwayemi, Jullien, Scales, Bitton, Giakoumakis, McCarthy, Hatate, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh, Dembele.
Celtic haven’t won a knockout tie outside of qualifying in European competition since 2004. But Postecoglou won’t care about that ahead of the visit of the Norwegian champions.
He wants this squad to write their own story at the Bhoys. As expected, he’s named a very strong team to get the job done.
After resting a number of players against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup, Postecoglou has named as strong as side as you can get, with a couple of notable exceptions.
It’s an exciting, attack-minded team.
Broadcast details
Celtic do not own any rights to a video broadcast of tonight’s match so the fixture is not on the Pass To Paradise service nor Celtic TV.
Subscribers to the latter can listen to live audio commentary.
BT Sport 2 is the place to watch the game on these shores, who carry exclusive TV coverage.
BBC Radio Scotland are also providing audio commentary across their platforms.
Instant verdict to Celtic team vs Bodo/Glimt
Leaving Reo Hatate on the bench tonight is a big call. He’s been a big part of positive performances over the last few weeks.
However, you can hardly say Matt O’Riley and Tom Rogic haven’t impressed, so there is a massive amount of threat in attacking midfield. You can see why the manager is trying keep Hatate’s legs fresh after loads of minutes of late.
The other big call tonight is in the centre-forward position where Postecoglou has opted for the raw speed and movement of Daizen Maeda rather than the physicality of Giorgos Giakoumakis.
That may take some by surprise given the Greek striker’s goalscoring impact at the weekend, but Maeda has the skills to get in behind this Bodo/Glimt defence and give them serious problems.
Strap in for a toe-to-toe battle under the lights at Celtic Park.
In other news, Celtic supporters show their class by helping out ‘stranded’ Bodo/Glimt travellers.
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