Martin O’Neill has named his Celtic starting XI to face St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership at McDiarmid Park tonight.
Celtic travel to Perth with a perfect league record after winning all five of their Premiership matches so far this season.
The Hoops had to work for their latest victory, coming from behind to beat St Mirren 2-1 in Paisley on Saturday.
That result moved Celtic onto 15 points from 15 and kept O’Neill’s side at the top of the table.
St Johnstone have taken seven points from their opening five league matches following promotion back to the Premiership.
Simo Valakari’s side also come into tonight’s game on the back of a win after beating Hibernian 2-1 at McDiarmid Park on Sunday.
Celtic had a number of availability issues to consider ahead of the trip to Perth.
Kieran Tierney has also returned to training after sitting out Celtic’s previous two matches, although O’Neill admitted ahead of the game that the left-back had only recently resumed work with the group.
Yang is unavailable after leaving to join up with South Korea for the Asian Games following his winning goal at the weekend.
Alistair Johnston has returned to individual work on the grass as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury, while Callum Osmand remains sidelined with the ankle problem he picked up against Falkirk.
Jota continues to build towards his return from a long-term knee injury, while summer arrival Landon Emenalo is also unavailable.
O’Neill insisted Celtic would go “as strongly as we possibly can” tonight despite the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final against Rangers coming up on Sunday.
Here is the Celtic starting XI to face St Johnstone:
Kick-off at McDiarmid Park is 8:00pm. The match is live on Sky Sports Football.
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