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Josh McCafferty

Brendan Rodgers names Celtic starting XI for Hibs clash as five changes made

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has named his team to face Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon.

The Parkhead side come into the game off the back of a 1-1 draw with Crvena zvezda in the Europa League midweek.

They return to domestic action today against a Hibs team who Rodgers thinks will make things difficult: "Unfortunately in the European work that they didn't qualify and sometimes it takes a little bit of time to come through that," said the Celtic manager.


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"But we're still prepared for a tough game, they've got good players, they're well-coached will make it difficult for us.

"Even last year we played really well at Celtic Park in the games but we still have to work very hard to get the result."

Rodgers has made five alterations to his starting lineup today from Wednesday's encounter.

Kasper Schmeichel continues in goal as Anthony Ralston gets the nod at right-back.

Luke McCowan comes in to replace Reo Hatate in midfield, with Kelechi Iheanacho starting up front after his goal in Belgrade.

Kick-off this afternoon is at 3pm.

Confirmed Celtic starting XI: Schmeichel, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Saracchi, McGregor, McCowan, Engels, Maeda, Tounekti, Iheanacho.

Subs: Sinisalo, Nygren, Balikwisha, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Forrest, Donovan, Tierney.

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