Moussa Dembele starts his first match in over a month tonight as Celtic take on Suduva looking for a place in the group phase of the Europa League.
The striker has appeared as a substitute in Celtic’s last two matches and gets the nod tonight ahead of Leigh Griffiths with teenager Mikey Johnston starting on the left wing.
Celtic go into the match with the central defensive partnership that started both matches against Alashkert.
Since Jozo Simunovic was sent off early in the return leg against the Armenian champions the hoops defence has been in the spotlight with Kris Ajer picking up three bookings to miss the return match with AEK Athens while the Dedryck Boyata saga dragged on.
Boyata and Jack Hendry were left behind from the squad that flew to Lithuania yesterday with Rodgers hoping for an accident free 90 minutes to ensure that next week’s return leg is a fairly straightforward task.
CELTIC: Gordon; Gamboa, Ajer, Simunovic, Tierney; Brown, Ntcham; Forrest, McGregor, Johnston; Dembele
SUBS: Bain, Izaguirre, Griffiths, Sinclair, Rogic, Lustig, Kouassi