Manager Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic team vs Livingston for today’s Scottish Premiership fixture at Celtic Park.
The full match squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, A Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O’Riley, Bernardo, Maeda, Palma, Kyogo.
Substitutes – Bain, Yang, Turnbull, Oh, Kwon, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh, M Johnston.
Today’s a crucial match for the Bhoys after back-to-back league defeats against Kilmarnock and Hearts. There is no room for error at the top of the table and fans will demand three points are delivered.
The manager has made two changes from last week’s dire display against the Jam Tarts with Daizen Maeda returning to the starting line-up for the first time in six weeks and Paulo Bernardo replacing David Turnbull in midfield.
Elsewhere, Hyunjun Yang returns from a shoulder injury to take a place on the bench.
Broadcast details
Today’s match is not being officially broadcast within the UK & Ireland.
However, Celtic TV will be providing live coverage on the club service to subscribers away from these shores.
BBC Radio Scotland will also be providing live coverage across their platforms over the air and online.
The verdict on Celtic team vs Livingston
It’s great to see Maeda back involved in the starting line-up. He has an energy and intent that should help set the tempo in the early stages of the match – something that was badly missing last Saturday.
Bernardo’s inclusion is something of a surprise but he can hopefully, again, add energy to the midfield area with Turnbull just not showing enough in his all-round game to justify a start right now.
With Odin Holm recovering from illness and Tomoki Iwata injured, the Portuguese loanee has a big chance to impress.
There’s no big, grand shake-up of the team from Rodgers, which may not satisfy some fans, but this eleven should be more than capable of getting the job done against Livingston.
In other news, Liam Scales responds to last week’s Celtic Park booing ahead of Livingston test.
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