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Aidan Macdonald

Celtic team news vs Kilmarnock as Brendan Rodgers names starting XI

Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic side to face Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership.

The Hoops are looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Lazio in the Champions League by extending their lead at the top of the league table.

Derek McInnes' men ran out 1-0 winners when the teams last met, a result which put Brendan Rodgers' team out of the ViaPlay Cup.

CELTIC XI: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O'Riley, Hatate, Maeda, Palma, Kyogo

SUBS: Bain, Phillips, Yang, Holm, Oh, Tomoki, Bernardo, Forrest, Ralston

KILMARNOCK XI: Dennis, Mayo, Findlay, Wright, Deas, Ndada, Armstrong, Lyons, Watson, Kennedy, Vassell

SUBS: O'Hara, Sanders, Davies, Polworth, Murray, A. Brown, Warnock, Cameron, Dallas

Brendan Rodgers detailed the importance of his side getting back to winning ways in his pre-match press conference.

He said: "I think we are in a totally different place to where we were when we played Kilmarnock in the cup game with the greatest respect.

"For 24 hours you are disappointed, it was a great night for us and it looked like we were going to get something from the Lazio game.

"It didn't happen but this is football. When you are at a big club you play lots of games and you have to analyse and after 24 hours you have got to move on.

"That's the strength of this group. We have one or two little upsets in this early part of the season and the players have responded brilliantly.

"We will get going again and they will recover after a few days. We will be ready to go again on Saturday with a big attitude and energy in the game."

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