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David Irvine

Celtic team news revealed as two summer signings start vs Sporting Lisbon

Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic side to face Sporting Lisbon in a pre-season friendly.

The Parkhead club are in Lisbon for the bounce game at the Estadio Algarve this evening.

Kasper Schmeichel starts in goal, as Kieran Tierney, Dane Murray, Liam Scales and Anthony Ralston make up the defence.

Callum McGregor captains the team in midfield with Adam Idah leading the line. 


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This evening's runout will be Celtic's fourth pre-season outing this summer.

They started preparations with a 1-0 win over Queen's Park at the start of July, before a 2-1 triumph over Cork City on July 8.

Celtic lost to Estrela Da Amadora, a top-flight club in Portugal, on Saturday. Reo Hatate and Adam Idah were on the scoresheet in the narrow 3-2 loss.

CELTIC XI: Schmeichel, Ralston, Murray, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Nygren, Hatate, Forrest, Maeda, Idah. 

SUBS: Sinisalo, Doohan, Clarke, Rice, Trusty, Yang, McCowan, Osmand, Tilio, Kenny, Inamura, Engels, Summers, Montgomery, McPherson, Ure, McArdle, Donovan, Isiguzo. 


Celtic's pre-season results so far and upcoming friendlies

Queen's Park 0-1 Celtic - Friday, July 4

Cork City 1-2 Celtic - Tuesday, July 8

Celtic 2-3 Estrela Da Amadora - Saturday, July 12

Sporting CP vs Celtic - Wednesday, July 16

Celtic vs Newcastle United - Saturday, July 19

Celtic vs Ajax - Thursday, July 24

Celtic vs Como/Al Ahli - July 26/27

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