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Leigh GriffithsJohn Collins has dropped a strong hint that Leigh Griffiths will feature for Celtic against Hearts tomorrow night.

Griffiths hasn’t made the bench for any of Celtic’s last three matches despite coming off the bench to equalise at Dundee in his last outing.

Speculation that he was on his way back to Hibs on loan has proved to be inaccurate with Collins aware of how much the striker enjoys scoring against the team from Gorgie.

“I think he enjoys playing against Hearts, doesn’t he?” the Celtic assistant smiled. “He is in the squad for Wednesday, he trained very well on Tuesday.

“He is a Celtic player, there is no problem. There is competition for places and we have four strikers fighting for the one central striker’s position.

“Leigh has to work in training and prove to the manager that he deserves a jersey.”

Collins watched Hearts beat Cowdenbeath 5-1 on Saturday and is well aware of the threat from the Championship leaders.

“I saw Hearts at the weekend and they played very well,” he added. “They are playing with a lot of confidence as you would imagine for a team at the top of the league. I would imagine the pressure is on us. The expectation is for the home team to win the game.

“I don’t think it will be an open game from start to finish, maybe they will try to keep it tight early in the game but it is up to us to try to control the game, create chances and put the ball into the back of the net.”

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