Celtic return to Scottish Premiership action on Saturday lunchtime when they visit Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena.
Brendan Rodgers’ side can’t afford to feel sorry for themselves after getting their Champions League group stage campaign off to a losing start against Feyenoord in the Netherlands earlier this week.
The champions swept past Dundee 3-0 in the previous league encounter and Rodgers will be hoping his players can replicate their second half performance for an entire 90 minutes when the travel across to West Lothian.
David Martindale’s Lions are a notoriously difficult team to break down, especially in front of their home crowd. They have lost just one of their opening five domestic matches this season, and will be aiming to take advantage of any lingering European hangover in the Celtic camp.
Rodgers could decide to tinker with his starting XI for this match, taking into account the synthetic playing surface. Changes from middle-to-front are expected, while the Northern Irishman has a decision to make over who will partner Liam Scales in central defence.
Here’s how we think the Celts will shape up against Livi on Saturday:
5. Liam Scales - LCB
Did reasonably well on the Champions League debut earlier this week and has been fairly dependable since being drafted into the starting line-up. | AFP via Getty Images
6. Greg Taylor - LB
Man of the match on Celtic previous visit to the Tony Macaroni Arena back in October 2022. Not at his best in midweek and needs to up his performance level. | AFP via Getty Images
7. Callum McGregor - CM
The skipper will be looking to get back to dictating the play from his deep-lying midfield role domestically. | AFP via Getty Images
8. Matt O’Riley - CM
Has taken his game to another level under Rodgers so far and you can’t help but feel there’s more to come from him. Has performed well on synthetic pitches previously. | Getty Images