Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has almost his full squad to choose on the opening day of the Scottish Premiership season.
The champions will fly the flag before kick-off against Jim Goodwin 's revamped Aberdeen side who are hell-bent on causing a shock at Parkhead. Celtic will be aiming to start fast this season after losing three of their opening six games last year - a run which was corrected by going undefeated in the following 32 fixtures en route to title glory.
Daizen Maeda, Kyogo and Jota, on the right wing, was the preferred front three for last weekend's dress rehearsal will Norwich and it appears the likely choice to take on the men from the Granite City. But Maeda's inclusion on the left has an impact on three of his team-mates. Firstly, it moves Jota across the pitch from his preferred slot on the left hand side. It keeps Liel Abada out the starting XI and his selection means Giorgos Giakoumakis is left in reserve. the Japanese star's unmatchable work rate is coveted by his manager.
Moritz Jenz trained on Friday and Carl Startfelt is on the comeback trail but the game on Sunday will come too early for the latter. Yosuke Ideguchi will not feature after suffering an injury in training.
Predicted XI
Here's how Celtic could line up against Aberdeen.
Provisional Squad
Ben Siegrist
Joe Hart
Scott Bain
Anthony Ralston
Josip Juranovic
Christopher Jullien
Stephen Welsh
Cameron Carter-Vickers
Moritz Jenz
Greg Taylor
Alexandro Bernabei
Callum McGregor
James McCarthy
Jota
Matt O'Riley
David Turnbull
Reo Hatate
Aaron Mooy
Liel Abada
Kyogo Furuhashi
James Forrest
Daizen Maeda
Giorgos Giakoumakis
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