Celtic manager Neil Lennon has named his starting eleven for today’s visit to Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership, as per the official club website.
The full match squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Barkas, Frimpong, Jullien, Ajer, Taylor, Brown, McGregor, Christie, Forrest, Elyounoussi, Edouard.
Substitutes – Bain, Bitton, Klimala, Soro, Ntcham, Bolingoli, Robertson, Elhamed, Karamoko.
The Bhoys will be looking to pick up where they left off against Hamilton Acadmical last week and it’s no surprise to see Lennon name about as strong a team as possible.
With new signing Vasilis Barkas also making his debut, there’s a lot to feel positive about ahead of kick-off.
Red hot striker Odsonne Edouard will be out to terrorise the Kilmarnock defence after his hat-trick last week, supported by Ryan Christie, James Forrest and Mohamed Elyounoussi.
With a stable defence ahead of the new Greek ‘keeper and Callum McGregor on hand to keep Celtic ticking over in the middle of the park, we should have more than enough to see off the Ayrshire challengers.
The manager can also call upon five substitutes from the bench, with plenty of quality on hand there too.
Players such as Olivier Ntcham will be hoping to get more minutes and make a push for a starting position.
Celtic’s last visit to Rugby Park was in January when Edouard, Christopher Jullien and Leigh Griffiths scored in a comfortable 3-1 victory.
More of the same today would set us up well for a busy week.
Fans are pleased with the team that Lennon has named, taking to Twitter this afternoon to share their thoughts…
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