Neil Lennon has made just one change to the Celtic side that started against Dundee United with Nir Bitton replacing the injured Chris Jullien.
Scott Brown has to settle for a place on the bench as Lennon gives a vote of confidence to the front six that have degeated Ross County, Hamilton and Dundee United since winning the Scottish Cup. On the bench there is no place for Patryk Klimala but Hatem Agb Elahamed is back involved for the first time in a month.
Celtic finished 2020 by winning four consecutive matches in the SPFL as well as lifting the Scottish Cup to complete the Quadruple Treble.
Those wins combined with four clean sheets has restored a degree of confidence but anything other than a win today and the hoops will be long odds to win the title for the 10th season running.
Neil Lennon was given a vote of confidence by Peter Lawwell last month but any sort of defeat will reignite debate over the future of the Celtic boss.
CELTIC: Barkas; Frimpong, Ajer, Bitton, Laxalt; Christie, Soro, Turnbull, McGregor; Edouard, Griffiths
SUBS: Hazard, Taylor, Duffy, Brown, Ajeti, Rogic, Ntcham, Elyounoussi, Elhamed
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