Manager Ange Postecoglou has named his Celtic team vs Kilmarnock for today’s Scottish Premiership kick-off at noon.
The full match squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, Johnston, Starfelt, Kobayashi, Taylor, McGregor, Iwata, O’Riley, Maeda, Haksabanovic, Kyogo.
Substitutes – Bain, Mooy, Turnbull, Oh, Bernabei, Summers, Ralston, Welsh, Vata.
Celtic are aiming to take one step closer to the title this afternoon, knowing victory will have them 12 points clear with just six matches remaining.
The manager has made three changes from the team that featured against Rangers with Yuki Kobayashi, Tomoki Iwata and Sead Haksabanovic all coming into the line-up.
Anthony Ralston also returns to a bench that also includes youngsters Ben Summers and Rocco Vata. We await official word from Postecoglou on the status of regulars such as Jota and Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Broadcast details
Today’s match is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football in the UK & Ireland. Coverage begins at 11am.
Celtic TV will also be showing the game to overseas subscribers.
Many channels around the world are also covering the fixture including Paramount+ in the United States, beIN Sports 2 in Australia and SPOTV in South Korea. A full list of global channels can be found via LiveSoccerTV.
BBC Radio Scotland will be providing live audio commentary as usual.
Instant verdict on Celtic team vs Kilmarnock
Given Jota hasn’t been seen in training footage or images this week, it was expected the winger would make way for Haksabanovic. Carter-Vickers missing out is more of a surprise but the artificial pitch at Rugby Park could be a factor in that decision – it’s a good opportunity for Kobayashi to test himself away from home.
Having both Tomoki Iwata and Callum McGregor in the same midfield is another chance for us to see how that functions too, while Haksabanovic will be aiming to impress as a starter with his most impressive contributions this season coming from the bench so far.
It’s an intriguing line-up but one which should have enough to take care of Kilmarnock. Hopefully an exciting 90 minutes is ahead of us!
In other news, Matt O’Riley gets strong Ange Postecoglou endorsement despite tough Celtic competition.
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