Celtic finally get their Premiership campaign underway on Monday night as the champions begin the defence of their title against Dundee on Flag Day.
While the rest of the Scottish Premiership got the new season up and running over the weekend, Martin O’Neill’s side have had to wait until Monday evening to kick off their campaign, with Celtic Park set to celebrate another league triumph before attention turns to the action on the pitch.
Here’s our Celtic predicted lineup, the latest Celtic team news and everything you need to know ahead of the season opener.
Celtic vs Dundee: Kick-off Time & How to Watch
Celtic host Dundee at Celtic Park on Monday, with kick-off scheduled for 7.30pm.
Supporters can watch the match live on Sky Sports, with Eilidh Barbour presenting the coverage. She’ll be joined in the studio by Kris Boyd, James McFadden and former Celtic defender, now Partick Thistle manager, Mark Wilson. Chris Sutton will be on co-commentary duties.
Celtic Team News
Martin O’Neill has at least one enforced change to make after Liam Scales was suspended for the Premiership opener.
That leaves either Auston Trusty or Dane Murray battling to partner Cameron Carter-Vickers in central defence. Carter-Vickers has come through every pre-season fixture after last season’s injury problems and looks ready to start the campaign.
There are also fresh concerns over Benjamin Nygren, who appears to have picked up an injury and could miss out.
The biggest talking points, however, surround several players whose futures remain uncertain. Daizen Maeda has already completed his move away from Celtic, while Everton continue to push for Alistair Johnston and West Ham are preparing a third bid for Arne Engels. It remains to be seen whether O’Neill includes either Johnston or Engels if transfer interest intensifies before kick-off.
Summer signing Kasper Høgh looks set to make his first competitive start for the Hoops after an encouraging pre-season, while Camilo Duran has given O’Neill plenty to think about after scoring three goals in three pre-season matches and could be handed the left-wing role vacated by Maeda.
Celtic Predicted Lineup
Formation: 4-3-3
GK: Viljami Sinisalo
RB: Anthony Ralston
CB: Cameron Carter-Vickers
CB: Auston Trusty
LB: Kieran Tierney
CM: Callum McGregor
CM: Luke McCowan
CM: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
RW: Yang Hyun-jun
ST: Kasper Høgh
LW: Camilo Duran
Flag Day always brings extra excitement, but there are plenty of intriguing selection calls for Martin O’Neill beyond the title celebrations.
Will Kasper Høgh announce himself with a goal on his full debut? Can Camilo Duran continue his impressive pre-season form? And will the ongoing transfer speculation surrounding Alistair Johnston and Arne Engels have any bearing on the starting XI?
