Neil Lennon and his players might not want to say it out loud but they will be looking for revenge at Paradise tonight. Cluj only knocked Celtic out of the Champions League qualifiers in the middle of August which has been Lennon’s only loss of the new season.
Celtic, uncharacteristically let in four goals on the night but the Romanian champions will come up against a more settled Celtic team tonight. A 1-1 draw at the weekend against Hibs wasn’t ideal before tonight’s game but Celtic still sit pretty on top of the SPFL table.
With an away point already on the board, a win tonight will see Celtic go at least joint top of Group E before a double-header against Lazio.
With a much more solid Celtic squad, Lennon’s best team nearly picks itself these days apart from maybe the back four. Lennon does have a dilemma with dropping one of four outstanding central midfielders. Ntcham, McGregor, Christie & Brown are all on fire, Lennon tried to play all four on Saturday but it didn’t work out and tonight Lennon has dropped Ntcham to the bench to play a natural winger in Elyounoussi.
The other notable change is Elhamed returning at the expense of Bauer who also drops to the bench.
