This evening at Parkhead, it’s first versus third in the Scottish Premiership as Celtic hosts a highly motivated St. Mirren team hoping to pull off a historic upset.
In order to keep their five-point lead at the top, Brendan Rodgers’ team needs to recover from a subpar performance and result against Hibs over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Buddies are focused not only on finishing in the top six but also on securing European football.
Following the club’s decision to permanently ban 200 Green Brigade season ticket holders, the Scottish champions will play tonight in front of a somewhat subdued home crowd. Stephen Robinson’s visitors will be hoping to take advantage of this and create a significant lead over the rest of the chasing group.
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In the team that takes on Easter Road on Saturday in a goalless draw, Rodgers has chosen to make THREE changes. center-back After being completely excluded from the matchday squad, Cameron Carter-Vickers is a surprise absence. Daizen Maeda is also rested, and Paulo Bernardo is benched. After taking a blow to the head on Saturday, Alistair Johnston is considered fit to play.
Nat Phillips, a Liverpool loanee, replaces CCV; David Turnbull and James Forrest are selected instead. Odin Thiago Holm is back, and Polish defender Maik Nawrocki is back among the substitutes. But Mikey Johnston and Gustaf Lagerbielke have no place here.
The starting lineups for tonight’s Scottish Premiership match at Parkhead have been confirmed.
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Joe Hart, Matt O’Riley, David Turnbull, Alistair Johnston, Nat Phillips, Liam Scales, and Greg Taylor; Callum McGregor (captain), James Forrest, Luis Palma, and Kyogo Furuhashi.
The bench includes Paulo Bernardo, Daizen Maeda, Anthony Ralston, Maik Nawrocki, Tomoki Iwata, Oh Hyeon-gyu, Yang Hyun-jun, Odin Thiago Holm, and Scott Bain (GK).
