GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 11: Celtic huddle ahead of kick off during the William Hill Premiership between Celtic and St. Mirren at Celtic Park on April 11, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Martin O’Neill makes just one change to the Celtic side that won the Glasgow Derby for tonight’s match at Fir Park.
Sebastian Tounekti replaced Luke McCowan at half-time on Sunday and starts tonight’s match in place of the former Dundee midfielder.
Other than that there are no changes in the side or on the bench for a vital clash.
The win in the Glasgow Derby took Celtic to one point behind Hearts with two matches left to play.
While Celtic are in action at Fir Park Hearts host Falkirk in a potential title clincher.
If Hearts win and Celtic lose the gap will stretch to four points with the SPFL trophy heading to Tynecastle.
Any other combination of results will lead to a title shoot out on Saturday with Celtic having home advantage over Derek McInnes’ side.
THE O’NEILL FACTOR- MOTHERWELL V CELTIC BACKGROUND
Either side of that doomed visit from Wilfried Nancy to Fir Park in December Celtic have recorded two home wins over Motherwell.
Both of those wins were hard earned, in October it took a stoppage time winner from Daizen Maeda to secure a home win.
Motherwell then went on an impressive run, delivering the points to match the plaudits that they play was attracting.
In December Celtic barely got a look in as Motherwell delivered a performance more emphatic than the 2-0 scoreline suggested.
Nancy left Celtic less than a week later, since January 5 O’Neill has been battling to undo the damage of the Frenchman’s 33 day reign.
A draw keeps Celtic in the title race, a win gives them the chance to clinch the title on Saturday by beating Hearts at home.
John Beaton will referee tonight’s match with Andrew Dallas on VAR duty.
CELTIC; Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; McCowan, McGregor, Engels, Nygren; Maeda, Yang
SUBS: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Saracchi, Hatate, Murray, Forrest, Ralston
Who’s the biggest miss on Saturday? Trusty? Maeda? Scales?
Wouldn’t surprise me at all someone gets an early bath so therefore misses Saturday.
Especially after all the ragin huns & media highlighting AJ.
3-2 for the bhoys with the last (penalty) kick of the game – my blood pressure through the roof, but heart rate now coming back down to normal . We took a bit of a beating at times tonight but hung on in there to deliver the required result. COYBIG. HH
Aye, tonight was almost like a fairy tale H.
When Kel coolly slotted the spot kick away I just about lost it.
On the replay I thought it was for the shove on Trusty’s back but apparently it was a hand-ball.
Who cares, it’ll have sent the onion brats and their other fans mental and it’s lovely to see them get their just desserts.
What a season, with TWO ‘Cup Finals’ to play!
But, can we now, finally, clear-out the boardroom and a certain golf-obsessed, capitalist rat from the planet before he leeches even more? Who knows?
Hail! Hail! The Glasgow Celtic, get the tory, capitalist bastards out of OUR club by ‘collectively’ aiming for a majority, supporter-owned football club.
That was too close for comfort there tonight for sure…
But we got there in the end…
One more – Just one more effort please Bhoys and Saint Martin !
Tounitki had a vad gane as dud our midfield couldnt get the ball up the park the had a good 15minute spell they have to improve afainst a hearts team that go to ground to easy so the ref will need to show his proffisonisal under whars going to printed and said in the media leading up to the game yes Celtic players looked tired nygrin not a midfielder alright going forward defencivly poor kinkti poor we gave to raise our game im glad uts hearts and not motherwell who were poor against hearts