After a fortnight where eleven Celts headed out on international duty, the domestic action returns this weekend as the league leaders battle it out in the East End of Glasgow. With Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen the only team in UEFA’s top 50 ranked leagues to still boast a 100% winning record in all competitions (13 in total), and Celtic yet to drop points domestically, something will give. At Last Word on Football, we provide our Celtic predicted lineup for Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Kasper Schmeichel has excelled between the sticks, showing excellent composure on the ball and conceding just one league goal.<\/p>\n
Alastair Johnson and Liam Scales have been consistent starters, meanwhile, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Greg Taylor have had their injury issues to deal with.<\/p>\n
Read More:<\/strong> Celtic Park Champions League Atmosphere<\/a><\/p>\n Last time out, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, and Arne Engels started, with Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo<\/a> coming off the bench. We may see something similar on Saturday.<\/p>\n Up front, Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah have shared the minutes; this weekend we will likely see the twenty-nine-year-old return to action. While Nicolas Kuhn and Daizen Maeda have been first-choice wingers, Luis Palma and James Forrest have impacted from the bench.<\/p>\n Football has a funny way of humbling; <\/span>the tide can change ever so fast. Celtic don’t need to be told this. After a run of three wins including 16 goals, plus a 5-1 win in the opening Champions League tie, the hoops headed into <\/span>the<\/span> Dortmund full of confidence. They sat <\/span>top<\/span> of the SPL<\/span>, <\/span>second in the Champions League<\/span>, and <\/span>“Brendan Rodgers, we have heard you calling in the night” <\/span>was<\/span> sung in unison from the stands.<\/span><\/p>\n In Germany though, they shipped seven goals to last year’s Champions League finalists, in a humiliating night for Scottish football. Fast forward to the weekend, they were trailing by a goal to nil at Ross County, with just fifteen minutes to play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A slice of fortune came Johnson’s way for the equaliser,<\/span> then he set up Kuhn for a late winner. The Champions escaped and remained untouched on the domestic scene. They had shown a different quality: resilience. A quality that hadn’t been necessary earlier in the season thanks to the complete ease which they were storming through games with. Brendan Rodgers credited this quality, claiming his squad had it in <\/span>“bucket-loads”.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Read More: How the Fringe Players faired in Sligo<\/a><\/p>\nCeltic’s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n