With Chaos reining all over Scotland in this round of fixtures, will Celtic be on high alert? It’s 31-game unbeaten streak in domestic football is on the line after all.
The Hoops have a shot at going 27 points clear at the top of the table if results go their way on Sunday. But, knowing manager Brendan Rodgers, none of that will matter internally.
Instead, it will be all about the competition that is going on within the team for places. Speaking of places, how will Celtic line up against Hamilton on Sunday afternoon? Let’s have a look at the Starting XI’s for both sides.
Celtic Starting XI:
📋 Celtic team to play @acciesfc this afternoon. #SPFL #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/CUDLQYXfIG
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) February 25, 2017
Hamilton Starting XI:
Accies 34 Woods 3 Skondras 4 Devlin (c) 6 Gillespie 7 Imrie 10 Redmond 15 Bingham 18 MacKinnon 21 Donati 23 McMann 30 S Boyd
— Hamilton Accies FC (@acciesfc) February 25, 2017
Analysis:
It is nearly business as usual for the Bhoys today, as the lineup is virtually unchanged for the past few weeks. However, there are three big changes, none bigger than the return of a healthy Stuart Armstrong to the Starting XI for the first time in a month.
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Armstrong takes the place of young Liam Henderson, who Rodgers gave a good run out to in the past few weeks. This time out, Henderson features on the bench. He’ll have a seat next to the returning Leigh Griffiths, which should delight the Celtic faithful.
Rodgers has also made a pair of changes at the back. The biggest of those sees Cristian Gamboa in to the Starting XI in place of Mikael Lustig at right back. There is also the ongoing rotation at center back next to Dedryck Boyata, as Eric Sviatchenko features next to the young Belgian in the middle of defense.
Outside of that, Brendan Rodgers has put together the squad that has come out of the winter break blazing goals and more goals.
Can Celtic keep up the goal-scoring barrage? Hamilton have put out the usual Starting XI, and that group currently sit bottom of the Scottish Premiership table. However, they only have a minus-12 goal differential on the season, which is second lowest of all the teams with a negative goal differential this year.
Expect the Bhoys to have some fun on Sunday at Celtic Park given the lineup put forth.