Two midfield slots up for grabs

It has been a while since Celtic last played a match, with three players and one important sub unavailable to Tony Mowbray from the team that drew against Rangers.

Landry N’Guemo is in Africa at the Cup of Nations and Gary Caldwell and Barry Robson are not longer at the club. This means there will be three changes to starting line-up from the match on the 3rd and super-sub Scott McDonald who came off the bench to open the scoring, is recovering after a hernia operation.

This means there may be a place for South Korean star Ki Sung Yueng to make his debut.

Problems with the players registration (which the South Korean FA said was the fault of the SFA) prevented him from playing against Rangers and Celtic have been unable to play Morton in the Scottish Cup so far.

It is likely that Stephen McManus will come in at centre half to replace Gary Caldwell and Zhi or Niall McGinn will be looking to come in wide. Whether they will come in directly for Barry Robson or come in and swap wings with Aiden McGeady remains to be seen.

Falkirk may have a few new faces on show too.

Former Celtic midfielder Colin Healy has been signed on loan from Ipswich Town and the Irish star may find himself in line to make his debut at Celtic Park. Enoc Showunmi and Jack Compton could also feature for the first time for Falkirk.

With Rangers playing at lunchtime, Celtic could be 10 points off the top by the time they kick-off, so there is no margin for error for Tony Mowbray’s side.

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