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Celtic line-up vs Lyon as Neil Lennon gives youth a chance with ten changes from Nice match

Neil Lennon has named his starting side for tonight's match with Lyon – and he's certainly given youth a chance.

Celtic face the French outfit at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in their second Veolia Trophy friendly match.

Lennon has made ten changes from the team which drew with Nice on Thursday, with only keeper Scott Bain keeping his place.

Karamoko Dembele, Stephen Welsh, Scott Robertson and Euan Henderson are all in the starting line-up. Olivier Ntcham will captain the side.

The Celtic starting XI is as follows: Bain, Elhamed, Bitton, Welsh, Bolingoli, Karamoko, Soro, Ntcham, Robertson, Henderson, Klimala.

Bench: Doohan, Hazard, Jullien, Taylor, Brown, Christie, Edouard, Elyounoussi, Connell, Frimpong, Ajer, McGregor, Forrest, McInroy.

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Celtic will be looking to build on their 1-1 draw with Nice on Thursday.

The match will kick-off at 7.45pm, with all the action shown live on Premier Sports. Coverage gets underway at 7.40pm.

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