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Everything we know about Celtic’s current injury status ahead of St Mirren fixture including Jota return

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With the international break now almost at an end, Celtic fans will be looking forward to the next domestic fixture against St Mirren.

Whilst the two-week international window gives players time to rest and recover, Celtic fans will have been on edge hoping that no more players return from representing their country with any further knocks.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as young Celtic defender Colby Donovan suffered a setback when playing in Scotland U21’s win against Gibraltar.

So with that in mind, 67 Hail Hail takes a look at how the Celtic squad could shape up as we take a look at the current injury status of the Parkhead first team.

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Celtic injury update including Alistair Johnston’s current state of play

At the last count, Celtic had seven first team players out of action due to injury.

So here is the full list of players who could, or are going to, miss Celtic’s game against St Mirren:

PlayerInjury typePotential return date (training)
Marcello SarrachiHamstringLate November
Callum OsmandHamstringLate November
Kelechi IheanachoHamstringNot known
Alistair JohnstonHamstring surgeryNot known
Cameron Carter-VickersAchillesEarly March 2026
JotaCruciate ligamentEarly January 2026
Colby DonovanAnkleNot known

Hopefully, the players with an unknown return date get back as soon as possible because Celtic’s fixture schedule is starting to pile up at this time of year.

Celtic’s crucial November fixture schedule

With St Mirren up next at the SMiSA Stadium, Celtic still have two important away fixtures left to complete in the final 13 days of November.

A win is a must in both for Celtic to keep their Europa League qualification dream alive and to close the gap to Hearts at the top of the table.