Team News: Ange makes four changes with Juranovic and Giakoumakis left on the bench
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v St Mirren - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - March 2, 2022 Celtic players huddle before the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Ange Postecoglou has made for changes to the Celtic side that beat St Mirren on Wednesday for today’s visit to Livingston.
James Forrest, Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton all came off the bench in midweek- today they are in the starting XI alongside Tony Ralston.
Giorgos Giakoumakis was expected to go straight into the team but replaces Albian Ajeti on the bench with Daezen Maeda continuing in attack.
After losing 1-0 to Livingston back in September avenging that result today would restore Celtic’s three point lead at the top of the SPFL Premiership with eight matches left to play.
Nick Walsh referees today’s match, in his last Celtic match the Bearsden based school-teacher decided that a direct elbow from Shane Rooney to Stephen Welsh’s face in the League Cup semi-final was only worthy of a yellow card.
CELTIC: Hart; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor: McGregor, Bitton, Rogic; Forrest, Maeda, Jota
SUBS: Bain, Giakoumakis, Abada, McCarthy, Guchi, O’Riley, Hatate, Welsh, Juranovic