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The National (Scotland)
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Robbie Hanratty

Rodgers names Celtic team for Motherwell trip as McCowan and Forrest start

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

The Hoops know they must claim three points if they are to reclaim their slot from Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership table. 

Rodgers has made four changes to his starting XI for this one, with captain Callum McGregor missing out altogether.

£11million summer recruit Arne Engels is benched alongside Adam Idah and Nicolas Kühn. Fit again duo Cameron Carter-Vickers and Greg Taylor are also welcomed additions among the substitutes.

Kasper Schmeichel starts in goal, with a back four of Alistair Johnston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, and Alex Valle. 

Reo Hatate, Luke McCowan, and Paulo Bernardo make up the midfield.

While Daizen Maeda and James Forrest are tasked with supporting Kyogo Furuhashi in attack. 


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MOTHERWELL XI: Oxborough, O'Donnell, Gordon, Balmer, Kaleta, Zdravkovski, Halliday, Wilson, Miller, Sparrow, Stamatelopolous

SUBSTITUTES: Hegyi, Seddon, Robinson, Casey, Blaney, Koutroumbis, Moses, Watt, Maswanhise

CELTIC XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Valle, McCowan, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Maeda, Kyogo

SUBSTITUTES: Sinisalo, Taylor, Palma, Idah, Kühn, Yang, Carter-Vickers, Engels, Ralston

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