Fixture: Celtic vs Motherwell
Competition: Scottish League Cup
Kick-off: 19:45 (UK time)

Celtic have announced their starting team and substitutes to host Motherwell in a Scottish League Cup tie at Paradise this evening.

Bhoys boss Brendan Rodgers has chosen to hand new signing Scott Sinclair his home debut as he starts his first game for the club. Sinclair came off the bench to score Celtic's winner in their 2-1 Scottish Premiership victory at Tynecastle against Hearts on Sunday.




Leigh Griffiths, Efe Ambrose and Stefan Johansen are all suspended for this evening's League Cup tie, but elsewhere Kolo Toure and Kieran Tierney have dropped out of the team to be replaced by Saidy Janko and Emilio Izaguirre. Tom Rogic also comes into the team, replacing Stuart Armstrong.

In attack, Rodgers will look to Sinclair, along with Moussa Dembele, to shoot down Motherwell, while James Forrest will be keen to celebrate his new contract with a good performance. On the bench, Celtic can turn to Ryan Christie and Nadir Ciftci if they need to throw on further attacking options.

 


Celtic Team vs Motherwell

Gordon; Janko, Lustig, O’Connell, Izaguirre; McGregor, Brown; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Dembele

Substitutes: Fasan, Ciftci, Armstrong, Christie, McCart, Henderson, Ralston