Team News: Rodgers makes one change with defender back in favour
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
Greg Taylor returns to the Celtic side for today’s match at home to his old club Kilmarnock.
The defender suffered a calf injury late on in the Scottish Cup win against Buckie Thistle on January 21 but after a full week of training he replaces Alexandro Bernabei in the only change to the side that beat St Mirren 2-0 last Sunday.
Bernabei drops onto the bench with Rocco Vata missing out on a place.
After pairng Kyogo Furuhashi together from the start against St Mirren it looks like that formation is the one favoured by Brendan Rodgers, leaving Callum McGregor and Matt O’Riley to patrol the midfield.
With two defeats from Kilmarnock already this season the dangers are obvious in today’s match with the Ayrshire side sitting in fourth place in the Premiership table.
John Beaton will referee today’s match with Willie Collom on VAR duty, his first involvement in a Celtic match this year.
CELTIC: Hart; Ralston, Welsh, Scales, Taylor; McGregor, O’Riley; Maeda, Kyogo, Idah, Palma
SUBS: Bain, Kuhn, Yang, Nawrocki, Oh, Iwata, Bernabei, Bernardo, Kelly