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Sinclair starts against Rosenborg

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Scott Sinclair comes into the Celtic side to face Rosenborg tonight.

The former Aston Villa man replaces the injured Moussa Dembele with Cristian Gamboa coming into defence to replace the suspended Jozo Simunovic.Tom Rogic wins a place on the bench.

Injuries have dominated the build up to the match with strikers Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths both ruled out.

At the back Jovo Simunovic is suspended joining Dedryck Boyata and Mikael Lustig on the sidelines.

Last season Celtic found themselves in a similar situation in terms of player availability and struggled to a 0-0 draw at Celtic Park before winning 1-0 in Norway thanks to a goal from James Forrest..

The winners of this round will face AEK Athens in the third qualifying round with the losers dropping into the Europa League where they will take on Cork City.

CELTIC: Gordon; Gamboa, Ajer, Hendry, Tierney; Ntcham, Brown; Forrest, , McGregor, Sinclair; Edouard

SUBS: Bain, Ralston, Rogic, Christie, Allan, Johnston, Kouassi

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