Team News: Rodgers makes two changes as familiar faces return
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
Brendan Rodgers makes two changes to the Celtic side that started against Livingston in the Scottish Cup for today’s match against St Johnstone.
The familiar figures of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Kyogo Furuhashi are back in the side with Liam Scales out injured and Adam Idah dropping to the bench.
A win this afternoon will edge the hoops back to the top of the SPFL Premiership with very little margin for error with nine matches left to be played.
It wasn’t until the 86th minute that Celtic looked sage against Livingston, with Daizen Maeda bagging a hat-trick and Nicolas Kuhn impressing there is some confidence going into today’s match that the opportunities will start flowing back towards Kyogo Furuhashi.
Yang Hyun-jun misses today’s match through suspension. Euan Anderson will referee today’s clash.
CELTIC: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Welsh, Taylor; Iwata, O’Riley, Bernardo; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda
SUBS: Bain, Lagerbielke, Idah, Holm, Oh, Vata, Kelly, Forrest, Ralston