St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson has confirmed he will welcome back four of his starting options from illness and suspension at Celtic Park this weekend.
Both the Saints and Celtic kickstarted their return to action last weekend with a victory up North.
For St Johnstone, it was a visit to Ross County, and they took home all three points with a dramatic late victory in Dingwall.
Despite trailing going into the final 15 minutes of the game, the Perth side made a dramatic turnaround, as Ali Crawford scored twice in three minutes to win 2-1.
It sets St Johnstone up nicely for their trip to Celtic Park this weekend, coming off the back of a six-game unbeaten run.
Last weekend, Davidson was forced to make several changes to his starting 11, with suspension and illness ruling out some regular starters.
However, the Saints boss is confident he will have his first-choice goalkeeper and other members of his squad back before they take on Ange Postecoglou’s side on Saturday.
He said [The Courier]: “We were missing four players from our starting line-up. Three through suspension (Alex Mitchell, Ryan McGowan and Melker Hallberg) and one with illness (Remi Matthews). For us to perform (vs Ross County) the way, we did really pleases me.
“All three of the suspended players will be back, and hopefully, we’ll have Remi available as well.
“To not only win but get a performance like that as well shows the strength of the squad – we played some really good football.
“We’ve got a lot of competition – in midfield, Dan Phillips did very well, and Cammy MacPherson is just behind him. And the players who came on during the game made a difference.”
Saints will need to be at the top of their game as Bhoys prepare to come out firing.
On Wednesday evening, Postecoglou’s side made it two wins from two since the restart, defeating Livingston 2-1 on their return to Paradise.
Despite the comfortable nature of the victory, the Celtic manager wasn’t too pleased with the standard of the performance, and Joe Hart admitted the Bhoys must be better.
So after a slightly scathing report of their match, you would imagine the Hoops are keen to come out firing when St Johnstone travels to town this coming weekend.
Of course, the Saints will be happy that they are boosted with the return of several regular starters, as Davidson labelled them.
However, they will need to be at the top of their game to stop this Celtic side, who has won 16 out of their 17 Scottish Premiership games this season.
Although they have four returning, they will be without Adam Montgomery, who cannot play against his parent side.
But it sounds as though Callum Davidson is happy with the choices he has at his disposal ahead of his first trip to Parkhead since the Hoops hammered St Johnstone 7-0 in March.
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