Inverness boss John Hughes has a selection dilemma ahead of the Scottish Premiership clash against champions Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday.
The match is Caley Thistle’s last before next week’s William Hill Scottish Cup final against Falkirk at Hampden Park and the Inverness boss has two or three players with knocks.
Celtic team news
- Celtic manager Ronny Deila has close to a full squad available.
- Midfielders Nir Bitton and Stefan Johansen are back following a break and defender Virgil van Dijk returns from the knock that kept him out against St Johnstone.
- Charlie Mulgrew continues his comeback leaving Mikael Lustig as the only absentee, although the Swede is close to full fitness.
Caley Thistle team news
- Inverness boss John Hughes has a selection dilemma ahead of the Scottish Premiership clash against champions Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday.
- The match is Caley Thistle’s last before next week’s William Hill Scottish Cup final against Falkirk at Hampden Park and the Inverness boss has two or three players with knocks.
- Long-term absentee Richie Foran (knee) remains on the sidelines.
Ronny Deila says
“One, we have achieved our goal of winning the league; two, we are going to celebrate that with our fans and I know it’s a special day at Celtic Park; and three, we have a holiday afterwards.
“We always want to perform and hate to lose and show a bad side. We want to keep on winning games and people are up for it.”
John Hughes says
“We are caught between a rock and a hard place. If I am honest it is a game we could have done without.
“The negatives are if someone gets injured or gets a straight red card they miss the final but we still have to go there and compete.
“There are two or three places up for grabs and there are one or two wee knocks that we might not risk.”
Celtic provisional squad
Gordon, Denayer, Matthews, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Van Dijk, Armstrong, Mackay-Steven, Brown, Forrest, Commons, Scepovic, McGregor, Stokes, Wakaso, Griffiths, Guidetti, Fisher, Tonev, Zaluska, Mulgrew, Tierney.
Provisional Caley Thistle squad
Esson, Raven, Shinnie, Warren, Meekings, Tremarco, Ross, Draper, Polworth, Christie, Williams, Tansey, Devine, Doran, Vincent, Ofere, Kink, Horner, Sutherland, Brill.