Manager Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic team vs Motherwell for today’s Scottish Premiership clash.
The full squad for the Celtic Park match is as follows:
Starting XI – Hart, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Holm, O’Riley, Yang, Palma, Kyogo.
Substitutes – Bain, Johnston, Phillips, Turnbull, Oh, Tilio, Bernabei, Bernardo, Johnston.
Today is the start of a heavy schedule for Celtic prior to the winter break. Three points are a must to kick off this period positively and get back on track following international matches.
The manager has made one change to the team that beat Aberdeen 6-0 last time out with Anthony Ralston making an appearance in place of Alistair Johnston.
Odin Holm retains his place in the side with David Turnbull and Paulo Bernardo on the bench. Interestingly Marco Tilio makes his first appearance in a match squad this season and could make his debut.
Broadcast details
Today’s match is not being shown live in the UK & Ireland.
However, global subscribers to Celtic TV can watch live coverage on the club subscription service.
BBC Radio Scotland will be carrying line audio commentary over the airwaves and online.
Instant verdict on Celtic team vs Motherwell
It’s great to see Luis Palma in the team after his international exertions with Honduras against Mexico, starting twice for his country.
Johnston’s omission isn’t much of a surprise given he only returned to Lennoxtown on Friday. He’ll be kept fresh for Tuesday’s big match away to Lazio.
Kyogo Furuhashi has encouragingly recovered well from a head injury to also make the starting eleven and potentially add to his 8-goal tally so far this season.
This a strong team that should be more than capable of punishing Motherwell this afternoon.
In other news, Brendan Rodgers wants Green Brigade situation resolved at Celtic soon.
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