Celtic confirmed starting XI vs Dundee: 5 changes for Scottish Cup fifth round tie as Deadline Day signing makes debut
Martin O’Neill has named his starting line-up to face Dundee in their Scottish Cup fifth round tie at Parkhead
Martin O’Neill has named his Celtic starting XI to face Dundee in this evening’s Scottish Cup fifth round tie at Parkhead (KO: 5.30pm BST).
With a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs, the Hoops will look to start a busy run of games over the coming weeks with a victory over Steven Pressley’s Dark Blues, who has lost just twice in their last seven matches.
Their only defeats during that run came against Rangers and Hearts, with the Tayside club already causing problems for Celtic om the domestic front so far this season.
Team news: 5 changes, winger handed first start
O’Neill has made FIVE changes to his Celtic team from the side that ran out 2-0 winners over Falkirk last weekend. Viljami Sinisalo replaces Kasper Schmeichel in goals with Auston Trusty returning from suspension to get the nod over Dane Murray.
Deadline Day arrival Joel Mvuka is set to make his debut, with Reo Hatate and Paulo Bernardo also drafted in from the start. Out drop Daizen Maeda, Arne Engels and Benjamin Nygren.
What has Julian Araujo said pre-match?
“It’s just as important as the league. Celtic is a team that wants to win very competition, and I think this is a very important game.
“We’re going to go out there and obviously play our game style. We know that Dundee are going to come and try to break us down, but we have to maintain and stick to our principles.”
Here's your confirmed starting XI’s ahead of this evening’s cup tie in Glasgow’s east end...
Celtic XI:
Viljami Sinisalo; Julian Araujo, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor (C), Reo Hatate, Paulo Bernardo, Joel Mvuka, Yang Hyun-jun, Tomas Cvancara
SUBS: Ross Doohan (GK), Benjamin Nygren, Julien Adamu, Luke McCowan, Sebastian Tounekti, Marcello Saracchi, Dane Murray, James Forrest, Colby Donovan
Jon McCracken; Ryan Astley, Drey Wright, Simon Murray (C), Brad Halliday, Tony Yogane, Cameron Congreve, Yan Dhanda, Luke Graham, Joel Cotterill, Ethan Hamilton.