Neil Lennon has named his Celtic team for tonight’s match at home to Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.
The full squad is as follows:
Starting XI – Hazard, Frimpong, Jullien, Ajer, Laxalt, Soro, McGregor, Turnbull, Christie, Griffiths, Edouard
Substitutes – Barkas, Taylor, Bitton, Ajeti, Klimala, Rogic, Johnston, Ntcham, Elyounoussi
It’s no surprise to see Conor Hazard start, but it’s still great to see. After he made a couple of big mistakes against Hearts on Sunday before those two heroic penalty saves – it seemed up in the air. But Lennon, to his credit, has stuck by the youngster.
Elsewhere it’s also no surprise to see Shane Duffy and Scott Brown dropout. Lennon confirmed that both of them were injury doubts in the run-up to the game (Celtic Twitter). But even so, it’s great to see Ismaila Soro back in. This must be considered as his big chance to stake a claim.
With Duffy out, Kris Ajer looks like dropping back into the centre as part of a back three. However it could be a four with a potential narrow diamond in the midfield. God knows. The day Celtic announce the team in a proper order then we can work it out!
Up top, Leigh Griffiths and Osonne Edouard have been partnered together after both scoring on Sunday.
Broadcast details
Today’s match is on the club’s “Pass to Paradise” streaming service for season-ticket holders.
Celtic TV will also be broadcasting the match live to subscribers outside of the UK and Ireland. This is a separate service from the “Pass to Paradise”.
Unfortunately, the game will not be shown live on regular TV.
For those who cannot watch tonight’s match, BBC Scotland will be providing live text and audio updates. You can find that coverage by clicking here.
Fan Reaction
As you can imagine, the Celtic fans are pleased with tonight’s line-up.
With the likes of David Turnbull and Ismaila Soro starting together again, it has plenty of supporters excited. Lennon may have featured Scott Brown at Hampden, but this looks like being Soro’s big chance. He’s also impressed with the Edouard/Griffiths combo – hopefully it all comes to fruition tonight.
The Celtic manager needed to mix it up again after our second-half failings against the Jambos. In fairness to him, that’s exactly what he’s done. This looks much more like the kind of side we want to see on a regular basis.
The fans, as always, have taken to Twitter to share their thoughts:
https://twitter.com/jeedan67/status/1341787704565100544
https://twitter.com/Kiz__67/status/1341787917954539526
https://twitter.com/LB67_/status/1341788465827082242
https://twitter.com/DeclynHealy/status/1341787649200312320
https://twitter.com/DarkBladeDax/status/1341787482682138631
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