Celtic return to action this afternoon with a trip to Rugby Park, but the football might not be the main story.

Kilmarnock vs Celtic – Match Preview

It’s been a chaotic international break for the club. The 0-0 draw at Ibrox already feels like a lifetime ago, with the mood around Celtic Park shifting dramatically in recent days. Fans are furious, the board is under fire, and pressure is building on Brendan Rodgers and those above him.

Kick-off Time & How to Watch

Team News and Injury Updates

Since the last match, a public open letter criticising the Celtic board has been signed by hundreds of supporters’ groups, CSCs, and fan media outlets. A club “source” then told The Sun that Rodgers was “tearing the club apart” and plotting an exit, only for Celtic to respond with a 1,000-word statement that said very little — and took even less accountability for a dismal transfer window.

Now it’s the team’s turn to speak.

We could see two debuts: Tounekti on the right wing and Iheanacho leading the line. With Anthony Ralston injured, Colby Donovan is expected to slot in at right-back. Meanwhile, Daizen Maeda may be dropped after publicly admitting he’d agreed terms with another club during the summer.

Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Ralston is out, after we showed a photo of him wearing a moonboot on Thursday.

Brendan Rodgers Reacts to Planned Protest

Asked if the planned 12 minutes without the 12th man protest will affect his players, Rodgers told Celtic TV, “I think, for us, of course, fans will be—I can’t tell them what to do. All I want to be able to do is let them understand that they mean everything to us, and when they get behind the team, they lift us. It’s having that lift as much as we possibly can, for as many minutes as we possibly can. Hopefully, we can go on a run now to lift them and reconnect.”

He admitted that he assumes the players will be aware of it, “I’m pretty sure they’ll be aware of it. We just need to focus on the football aspect of it. Hopefully, we can get that support that can drive the team forward.”

Celtic Starting Lineup

Here’s how we expect Brendan Rodgers to line his team up at Rugby Park:

Match Officials

  • Referee: John Beaton

  • Assistant Referees: Jonathan Bell, Paul McAvinue

  • VAR: Matthew MacDermid

  • AVAR: Ross Hardie

  • John Beaton Referee
    28th April 2024; Dens Park, Dundee, Scotland; Scottish Premiership Football, Dundee versus Celtic; Referee John Beaton arrives for the match

1 COMMENT

  1. And all this and worst of all one newspaper or media outlet accusing Celtic board spending to much on one signing there is a big push by all scottish media aiming all there guns and at Celtic FC 1888 not the board or Brendan Rodgers there just easy targets the now but they can see a way of distrubting a Club that has been housed by anestablishment that has tried to finish us we heard Fergus tell us that bank of Scotland refused to under write his check after sir freddy gave the old co Rangers and sir david Murray in that time that Fergus had to go to the Cooperative bank and the welcomed him with open arms well you know the rest yet reddy and Murray still have me there knight hood at ibrox old establish rules are gone and there trying to finish us again in the last week there has been nothing but bad said about Celtic FC yeah good things have happen but the editors of outer press and Bbc and radio we know what banner they come under masonic and best one this week Beaton is Celtic best ref fact wise not any games I’ve seen him in remember the Hearts game at tynecastle
    Where he was on VAR got player sent of got involved in penalty gave two bad decisions these people put there profession in the gutter for a secret cult that has lawlords gov and sfa all into it

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