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Celtic Starting XI vs Kilmarnock: Lennon makes huge changes

By Sourav Mahanty

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 27: Stephen O'Donnell of Kilmarnock FC tackles Odsonne Edouard of Celtic during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on April 27, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 27: Stephen O'Donnell of Kilmarnock FC tackles Odsonne Edouard of Celtic during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on April 27, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) /
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Here’s the Celtic Starting XI that will take on Kilmarnock away at Rugby Park as they return to Premiership action after the winter break.

Celtic XI

Fraser Forster

Jozo Simunovic

Christopher Jullien

Kris AJer

Jeremie Frimpong

Scott Brown (c)

Callum McGregor

Olivier Ntcham

Jonny Hayes

Leigh Griffiths

Odsonne Edouard

Substitutes: Craig Gordon, Greg Taylor, Moritz Bauer, Daniel Arzani, Mikey Johnston, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Patryk Klimala.

Celtic will look to get back to winning ways in the Premiership when they return to travel to Rugby Park to take on Kilmarnock.

The Hoops lost their last Premiership game of the decade when they were handed a 2-1 loss at their own backyard. As a result, Neil Lennon’s men will be desperate to bring things back on track and kick off things off with a big victory.

It will be interesting to see how the winter break has affected the team. Last year they found themselves in a similar situation but bounced back in terrific fashion. And they will be hoping to do the same this time around as well.

The big news surrounding the team news is that Neil Lennon has made a number of huge changes in the line-up. Jozo Simunovic is starting after a long time. Jonny Hayes, Olivier Ntcham and Leigh Griffiths have also been handed a start.

A number of those changes have been forced upon Lennon though with a number of key stars missing through injury like Mohamed Elyounoussi and James Forrest. While Ryan Christie is currently serving a three-match ban.

Patryk Klimala is on the bench again and is expected to make a substitute appearance just like he did against Partick Thistle on Saturday. Another interesting name on the bench is that of Daniel Arzani who made his comeback to first-team action after a long injury layoff last Saturday as well.

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