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Shaun Maloney Celtic newsNeil Lennon has made one change to the Celtic team that beat Dundee United on Sunday for tonight’s vital match at Inverness.

Winger Jamie Forrest has dropped onto the bench to be replaced by Shaun Maloney making his first starting appearance in over five months.

The last time Maloney started a match was at home to Inverness Caley Thistle in November when he was injured after 9 minutes in a 2-2 draw at Celtic Park.

The 28-year-old has made four substitute appearances since returning from injury and scored in the 4-0 Scottish Cup semi final win over Aberdeen last month.

Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes are again preferred in attack with Kris Commons, Biram Kayal and captain Scott Brown forming a formidable midfield.

The back four is on familiar lines consisting of Mark Wilson, Daniel Majstorovic, Charlie Mulgrew and Players Player of the Year Emilio Izaguirre in front of Fraser Forster.

Forrest drops onto the bench where he joins Lucasz Zaluska, Georgios Samaras, Ki Sung-Yeung, Thomas Rogne, Paddy McCourt and Daryl Murphy.

CELTIC: Forster; Wilson, Majstorovic, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Maloney, Brown, Kayal, Commons; Hooper, Stokes

SUBS: Zaluska, Samaras, Forrest, Ki, Rogne, McCourt, Murphy.

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