Brendan Rodgers and Celtic are back after the International Break as Heart of Midlothian come to Paradise. The Scottish Champions will be looking to continue their impressive start to the season with a win over the struggling Jambos.
Predicted XI
Brendan Rodgers has a full team to pick from after Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Greg Taylor and James Forrest trained despote injury concerns. The four Celts trained and the backline will likely be the same four that started against Rangers. Although, Brendan may prefer to play Tony Ralston and not risk Alistair Johnston with Slovan Bratislava visiting Celtic Park on Wednesday.
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It is expected that the manager will stick with largely the same team that beat Rangers 3-0 before the international break. Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate and Paulo Bernardo will start in the middle with Arne Engels coming on in the second half as the Belgian Internationalist gets up to speed.
Kyogo will start through the middle with Daizen Maeda and Nicholas Kühn on the flanks.
Predicted XI: Schmeichel; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; McGregor, Bernardo, Hatate; Kühn, Kyogo, Maeda.
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Kick Off Time
The game kicks off at 3pm.
Referee Details
Colin Steven has been appointed as the referee for the game and will be assisted by Frank Connor and Calum Spence. Meanwhile at Clydesdale House, Alan Muir is on VAR with Graham McNeillie assisting.
