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CELTIC VS ST JOHNSTONE TEAM PREDICTIONS: SCALES, MCGREGOR AND PALMA ALL UNAVAILABLE

As the title race continues to draw ever closer, every game at this stage of the season for Celtic is a must-win, and tomorrow's visit of St Johnstone to Parkhead is no different.


Celtic defeated Livingston 4-2 at Parkhead in the Scottish Cup quarter-final in their previous fixture, but they must now turn their attention to cinch Premiership action as they face a side that Brendan Rodgers has never lost against as Celtic manager.


A plethora of injuries continues to hamper this Celtic squad, and we could see even more rotation in this Celtic team for tomorrow's game with Callum McGregor, Luis Palma and Liam Scales all unavailable.





Here are A Celtic State of Mind's team predictions for tomorrow's clash against the Saints.


Joe Hart - Celtic have only kept one clean sheet in the cinch Premiership since returning from the winter break, but not much has been to the fault of Joe Hart who will be hoping that his defence can hold up a little better tomorrow afternoon.


Alistair Johnston - The Canadian was caught out for Livingston's first goal last week, and will need to be more alert to the danger against tomorrow's opponents.


Cameron Carter-Vickers - Carter-Vickers missed the previous fixture after picking up a knock, but he should be back in the team for tomorrow's fixture.


Gustaf Lagerbielke - The Swede could be brought into the team tomorrow given the recent knock Liam Scales has sustained. With Stephen Welsh not covering himself in glory last week, everything looks to be set for Gustaf Lagerbielke to make his first start for Celtic since September 30th.


Greg Taylor - Recently called up to the Scotland squad, Taylor will be looking to turn in some impressive performances from now until the end of the season in an attempt to be on the plane to Germany for the European Championships.





Matt O'Riley - The Dane missed out on his national team squad selection for the upcoming round of fixtures, and if he wishes to be on the plane to Germany, he will have to rediscover some of his early season form.


Tomoki Iwata - One of Celtic's best performers last weekend, Iwata will be the man to patrol the areas just in front of the back four in the absence of Callum McGregor.


Paulo Bernardo - The Portuguese has been hooked in the last few fixtures and needs to raise his performance levels if he wishes to keep his starting position, especially with Reo Hatate now back in training.





Nicolas Kuhn - We finally saw the first real glimpses of quality that we have all been waiting for from Kuhn against Livingston, and he will be looking to build upon that performance over the next few fixtures.


Kyogo Furuhashi - After a poor performance from Adam Idah in last weekend's quarter-final, a Kyogo cameo that saw him seal Celtic's passage to Hampden with a late fourth goal should see Kyogo return to his starting berth.


Daizen Maeda - Celtic's hat-trick hero last weekend, Maeda will be hoping to keep the scoring spree going against St Johnstone.

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