Manager Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic team vs Hibs for tonight’s Scottish Premiership encounter.
The full match squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, A Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, Iwata, McGregor, O’Riley, Palma, Oh, M Johnston.
Substitutes – Bain, Phillips, Kyogo, Turnbull, Holm, Tilio, Bernardo, Forrest, Ralston
Celtic looking to extend a 15-game unbeaten streak in the league this season and at least maintain a healthy points advantage over second-placed Rangers, who play Hearts at Tynecastle tonight.
Rodgers has handed Tomoki Iwata and Mikey Johnston their first starts of the season after bright showings off the bench and fans will be hoping they can make a difference to the starting performance compared to Sunday.
Elsewhere, Hyeongyu Oh comes into the line-up in place of Kyogo Furuhashi and Marco Tilio again makes the bench.
Broadcast details
Tonight’s match is not being broadcast on television in the UK & Ireland. It is however available on an official pay-per-view stream for £12.99 via the Celtic PPV service.
Celtic TV will also be broadcasting it to subscribers of their global service.
BBC Radio Scotland will be carrying live audio commentary across their platforms.
Instant verdict on Celtic team vs Hibs
The only slight surprise tonight is seeing Kyogo drop out of the team by Hyeongyu Oh was effective against St Johnstone at the weekend and deserves a chance to show what he can do.
The selections of Iwata and Johnston were wanted by many supporters. They simply have to take their massive chances. They could solidify their place in the team with good showings this evening.
Rodgers is making it clear fringe players can step forward to push themselves into match contention. Rewarding strong substitute performers is a good thing but they must back it up and punish Hibs tonight.
In other news, Brendan Rodgers delivers much-needed wake-up call to Celtic squad.
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