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Motherwell vs Celtic early injury news as 3 ruled out and 10 doubts

All the latest injury news ahead of the weekend's action
ByJamie Kemble
Yang is a doubt
Yang is a doubt | Andrew Milligan - PA Images/GettyImages

Celtic finally return to club action on Sunday when they face Motherwell away from home after three weeks of international football. The Bhoys lost three straight games before the break, and with a two-point lead at the top, they know they are going to have to rediscover their form to stay on top.

Motherwell also lost three straight games before the break, coming off second-best against Dundee, Rangers and Aberdeen, and they are now eighth in the table.

Ahead of Sunday's game, we have rounded up all the latest injury news surrounding both sides.

Oscar Priestman - Doubt

Priestman will be assessed after dealing with a calf injury.

John Koutroumbis - Doubt

Koutroumbis went into the break with a muscular injury and will have to be assessed.

Callum Hendry - Doubt

Hendry has a knee injury and will be assessed ahead of this one.

Paul McGinn - Doubt

McGinn also has a knee injury and will be hoping to return here.

Jordan McGhee - Doubt

McGree has a hamstring issue and will be racing to return.

Alistair Johnston - Out

Johnston is back on the grass but won't be risked here. His return is getting closer.

Callum Osmand - Out

The same applies to Osmand.

Joel van den Berg - Doubt

We don't have the details on Van den Berg's injury, so we will have to see how he has recovered over the break.

Kieran Tierney - Doubt

The break should have been enough to get Tierney back to fitness, but we will hear confirmation from O'Neill later this week.

Yang Hyun-jun - Doubt

Yang returned from the Asian Games with a hamstring complaint. O'Neill says the winger will be assessed ahead of this weekend's game to see if he is fit to play.

Landon Emenalo - Doubt

Emenalo arrived at Celtic with an injury, and he will remain a doubt until we hear confirmation that he is fit to return.

Benjamin Nygren - Doubt

Nygren returned from the break with an illness. and will likely have to pass some fitness tests ahead of this game.

Jota - Out

Jota is back playing some minutes but won't be back until later in the month as Celtic carefully manage his return. O'Neill has confirmed: "Jota had 45 minutes in a bounce game against Falkirk last Friday, and that was really good. I know it’s a cliched phrase, but that will definitely feel like a new player coming to the club, as far as I’m concerned."

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