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
Martin O’Neill has made just one change to the Celtic side that beat Feyenoord on Thursday for today’s match away to Hibs.
Marcelo Saracchi replaces Kieran Tierney at left-back with the Scotland defender dropping to the bench.
Saracchi suffered a hamstring injury in the win over Kilmarnock on November 9 but it seems like he has made a quick recovery.
Colby Donovan, Luke McCowan and Yang Hyun-jun came into the side against Feyenoord and have done enough to retain their places.
Worryingly Kelechi Iheanacho isn’t among today’s substitutes despite being on the bench in Rotterdam.
O’Neill has a 100% record in the SPFL after stepping in as interim manager on October 27.
Maintaining that today would cut the gap to Hearts down to just two points with the hoops having played one match less.
Hibs drew 0-0 at Celtic Park back in September but on home soil they’ll be expected to take the game to Celtic, especially with an increased home support cutting into the Celtic allocation.
HIBS
David Gray’s side go into today’s match in fourth place but on the back of a midweek defeat away to Motherwell.
They were trailing 2-0 after half an hour when Grant Handley was sent off.
The suspension of the Scotland defender will be a big issue for Hibs today, Handley is an expert at out and out defending which is likely to be required today.
Going out of the UEFA Conference was a blow to Hibs but they are far ahead of where they were a year ago when it seemed like Gray was on the brink of losing his job.
Nick Walsh will referee today’s match. On Wednesday Celtic host Dundee in the SPFL followed by Hearts a week today.
CELTIC: Schmeichel; Donovan, Trusty, Scales, Saracchi; McGregor, Hatate, Engels; McCowan, Maeda, Yang
SUBS: Sinisalo, Nygren, Balikwisha, Tounekti, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Ralston, Tierney
Auld PISHED stained trousers himself aka Spew Heevins at it again today with his living in our clubs head rent free with another article dedicated to us.
He’s screaming that DD owes Martin O’Neil an apology,double sstandards from dopey jakey.
He got called out on SSB phone in last night by a caller who pulled him up for writing off Celtic in Europe as well as the league.
The guy asked PISHY to apologise for what he said a few days previously on Celtic’s European challenges and the league,his reply was no i won’t apologise as it’s my opinion,I ain’t apologising for that,but the same guy is screaming for DD to apologise to MON.
This auld FART is a JOKE,the only thing keeping him in his post on SSB and the FAKE newspaper is a TICKLY HANDSHAKE.
That’s a terrific result after blatant cheating by Walsh which ruined what was a great game.
When oh when is that fat, disgusting slug of a Chairman and his ‘toom tabard’ CEO going to come out and speak upo for Celtic. In fact forget that, just hunt the two of them tae fukk right out of CP. Oh and when is the new CFC going to come out and show us they are leaders worthy of the Celtic’s wider support.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS and little bits of red paper!!!!!
A limp board,that couldn’t raise a smile in a brothel,let alone any DODGY decisions against us.