Team News: Ange makes five changes as Maeda misses out
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Aberdeen - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - July 31, 2022 Celtic players in a huddle before the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Ange Postecoglou has made five changes to the Celtic side that beat Hearts in midweek for today’s Scottish Cup tie at Tynecastle.
Both full-backs and wingers are changed with Reo Hatate coming in to midfield to replace Matt O’Riley.
All of the players replaced are on the bench with the exception of Daizen Maeda who hasn’t recovered from the knee injury inflicted by Zander Clark while scoring Celtic’s midweek equaliser.
After scoring the third goal in midweek Sead Haksabanovic has earned a place in the starting XI with Liel Abada starting on the bench with the Israeli winger almost certain to feature at some stage. Hearts are still without Lawrence Shankland and Robert Snodgrass.
Today’s match will be played to a finish with the two sides meeting in the final of the 2019 and 2020 Scottish Cup. Kevin Clancy will referee today’s match with Willie Collum on VAR duty.
CELTIC: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor; McGregor, Mooy, Hatate; Jota, Kyogo, Haksabanovic
SUBS: Bain, Abada, Turnbull, Kobayashi, Oh, Iwata, Bernabei, O’Riley, Ralston
Hearts: Clark, Hill, Sibbick, Rowles, Kingsley, Smith, Cochrane, Halliday, Kio, McKay, Ginnelly
Substitutes: Stewart, Atkinson, Devlin, Forrest, Cochrane, Neilson, Kuol