Nir Bitton is back in the Celtic side to face Thistle today, replacing the injured Stefan Johansen.
After regular changes to the side, especially the three attacking midfielders Ronny Deila has kept changes to a minimum for the trip to Maryhill which could see Celtic re-establish a four point lead over Aberdeen who face Kilmarnock later in the day.
Looking ahead to the match Scott Brown said: “We’re Celtic so we should be winning the league no matter what. That’s why I joined the club all those years ago and it’s why all the lads are coming into the dressing-room. They want that league as much as anybody does.
“We need to go out there and keep winning games and keep getting points on the board. Sometimes it doesn’t need to be pretty football, it can be ugly, but three points is three points and hopefully we can get five-in-a-row.
“We’ve got a competitive edge now, with Aberdeen just a point behind us, although we’ve got a game in hand. It’s competitive week in, week out. It doesn’t matter who you play, every game just now, at this stage of the season is a huge game for us and we should be thriving on it.
“And from now on there should be no excuses for us. We need to go out there and keep winning games and keep getting points on the board.”
CELTIC v Thistle: Gordon; Lustig, Sviatchenko, Mulgrew, Tierney; McGregor, Brown, Bitton; Commons, Mackay-Steven, Griffiths
SUBS: Fasan, Ambrose, Armstrong, Forrest, Roberts, Kazim-Richards, Rogic.
CELTIC v Morton: Gordon, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Mulgrew, Tierney; Brown, McGregor; Commons, Johansen, Mackay-Steven; Griffiths
