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Celtic squad revealed as Odsonne Edouard shakes off knock for St Johnstone clash

Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard has shaken off a toe knock that limited him to a substitute's appearance against Ross County.

The Frenchman made an instant impact off the bench to score a quick-fire brace and will be raring to go against St Johnstone on Wednesday night.

Ryan Christie's return from suspension is another boost for the champions, while Kristoffer Ajer has recovered from a virus that kept him out of the 3-0 win over the Staggies.

Jozo Simunovic is a fitness doubt for the trip to Perth as Jeremie Frimpong, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Hatem Abd Elhamed and Nir Bitton are also out.

(SNS Group)

New signing Ismaila Soro is not ready to feature after he was officially unveiled at Parkhead this week.

Saints will be without Drey Wright for the visit of Celtic after the winger suffered a hamstring injury against Kilmarnock on Saturday.

Murray Davidson remains out with a fractured arm while Anthony Ralston cannot face his parent club.

But boss Tommy Wright will have defender Jamie McCart available after he completed a move from Inverness.

(SNS Group)

Celtic provisional squad

Forster

Bauer

Hayes

Ajer

Bolingoli

Taylor

Jullien

Simunovic

Brown

McGregor

Arzani

Rogic

Ntcham

Johnston

Forrest

Edouard

Bayo

Klimala

Griffiths

Christie

Welsh

Dembele

Gordon.

St Johnstone provisional squad : Clark, Duffy, Booth, Tanser, Vihmann, Gordon, Kerr, Holt, McCart, Swanson, Craig, McCann, O'Halloran, Kane, May, Wotherspoon, Hendry, Northcott, Parish.

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