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Robbie Hanratty

Celtic team to face Ross County revealed as Luke McCowan among wholesale changes

Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic team to take on Ross County this afternoon.

Celtic were held to a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday and now the attention returns back to Scottish Premiership duty, and solidifying their position at the league summit. 

Kasper Schmeichel starts in goals, with a back for of Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, and Alex Valle. 

Callum McGregor, Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo make up the midfield. 

While James Forrest and Daizen Maeda will support Adam Idah in attack. 

That means there's SIX changes from last time out.

(Image: PA)

Don Cowie has made two alterations to the Ross County line-up that secured a 2-1 victory against Motherwell last Saturday. Due to suspension, right-back Connor Randall will not play, and centre-back Kacper Lopata is sidelined due to injury.

They are replaced by Elijah Campbell and Charlie Telfer.


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Celtic XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Valle, McGregor, McCowan, Bernardo, Forrest, Maeda, Idah.

Substitutes: Sinisalo, Taylor, Trusty, Kyogo, Kuhn, Yang, Engels, Hatate, Ralston.

Ross County XI: Laidlaw, Brown, Leak, Wright, Hale, Chilvers, Harmon, Campbell, Telfer, Nisbet, White.

Substitutes: Hamilton, Allardice, Loturi, Sheaf, Grieves, Efete, Samuel, Brophy, Reid.

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