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Team News: Debuts for Jullien and Connell while two more return from absences

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Christopher Jullien and Luca Connell make their Celtic debuts today against Rennes with Leigh Griffiths making a welcome return after seven months out in the cold.

Scott Brown and Nir Bitton are the only players to survive from the XI that started away to Sarajevo with Craig Gordon making his first top team appearance of 2019.

With the return leg against Sarajevo on Wednesday Lennon is looking to give most of his squad game time between today’s match and the two legs against the Bosnian champions.

The performance of Griffiths will be closely watched after Odsonne Edouard almost provided a one man strike force last season.

The former PSG striker finished the season with a Hampden double against Hearts to clinch the Treble Treble and showed that his eye was in against Sarajevo with a composed finish for Celtic’s second goal

CELTIC: Gordon; Ralston, Jullien, Bitton, Hayes; Brown, Connell; Morgan, Henderson, Sinclair; Griffiths

SUBS: Hazard, Ajer, Welsh, Miller, Savoury, McGregor, Christie, Robertson, Dembele, Forrest, Edouard

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