Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou should navigate a defensive damage disaster if he's to keep away from a deja vu state of affairs as Celtic welcome Motherwell to Parkhead.
Having missed Carl Starfelt and Cameron Carter-Vickers within the 2-0 defeat at St Mirren two weeks in the past, the Australian will as soon as once more should depend on Stephen Welsh and Moritz Jenz if he's to beat adversity in opposition to a mid-table Scottish Premiership outfit.
The guests flip as much as Parkhead having didn't win all three of their earlier Premiership fixtures, scoring simply as soon as in a 2-1 away loss to Kilmarnock as their early season hot-streak begins to falter - however it's soccer in spite of everything and so they're dealing with a Celtic facet who themselves have not gained in three video games in all competitions. A win for both facet would get them again heading in the right direction, it appears - as Postecoglou detailed in his pre-match press convention.
“That’s why we’ve received the squad we have now, significantly with our schedule over the subsequent month and a half,” Postecoglou defined. “We’re going to get niggles and a few guys who're sore right here and there.
“That’s why we’ve received the squad we have now, to have the ability to deal with that. We’ve recognized it was going to be like that for some time so that you simply plan for it. When it comes to coaching and the way we constructed the squad and the way in which we’ve ready for what’s 13 video games in about 43 days.
“We’ve been planning for some time and the method is simply to have a look at every sport and see how persons are from a bodily and psychological standpoint and make choices as we go alongside.”
Provisional Celtic squad
Joe Hart
Greg Taylor
Moritz Jenž
Sead Haksabanovic
Liel Abada
Aaron Mooy
David Turnbull
James McCarthy
Jota
Yosuke Ideguchi
Alexandro Bernabei
Oliver Abildgaard
Scott Bain
Benjamin Siegrist
Matt O'Riley
Daizen Maeda
Reo Hatate
Callum McGregor
James Forrest
Anthony Ralston
Stephen Welsh
Josip Juranovic
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