Predicting Celtic’s Lineup for Scottish Cup vs. Albion Rovers

The long wait is over, as Celtic finally return to action after 21 days off. With Scottish football returning from the winter break it also means the start of the Premiership clubs involvement in the Scottish Cup.

Celtic have been drawn against semi-pro League One side Albion Rovers, and with the side coming off of break just how will Brendan Rodgers decide to go out for this match?

Well, we got a bit of a clue late this week as Rodgers made it very clear he expects the same kind of performance from his side regardless of Champions League or domestic cup competition.

"“Every game is studied to the umpteenth degree. The minute you don’t is when you have an issue, you become loose and soft and that’s when you suffer. The minute we knew they were our next opponents we afforded them the same respect as Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach. We’ve looked at all the details this week. They’re well organised, play a 4-2-3-1, they’re quite direct, play off a second ball, so it’s another game we must ensure we approach with the same level of concentration as the others we’ve played this season.”"

Does that mean he’ll field a full-strength squad? With Kristof Ajer and Eoghan O’Connell both out on loan the squad has thinned a bit, so that makes our predicting a bit easier.

Here is how we believe the squad will look for this competition.