Celtic face Motherwell this afternoon as Martin O’Neill’s side look to strike first in a weekend where they are the only one of the four title challengers to play at home. A win closes the gap on Hearts to two points ahead of their evening kick-off at Kilmarnock.

Celtic Injury News

Celtic captain Callum McGregor sits this one out after missing the Scottish Cup victory at Ibrox. Martin O’Neill yesterday confirmed Calmac has a calf problem, not a reoccurrence of the Achilles injury that sidelined him last season.

Celtic Team News

Viljami Sinisalo has been excellent over the past four tough away fixtures and today gets the chance to play as the Celtic No1 at Paradise. Auston Trusty remains on the Scottish FA naughty step so will sit this one out with the Celtic back four likely to include Julian Araujo, Dane Murray, Liam Scales and Kieran Tierney IF he’s fit enough to start.

Predicted Celtic Team

Celtic XI: Sinisalo, Araujo, Murray, Scales(c), Tierney; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hatate, Nygren; Yang, Maeda, Tounekti.

As of 27 Jun 2026, Celtic are 3rd in Premiership, 67 pts, 21W-4D-8L from 33 games, recent form WWWWW. The team has scored 59 goals this season, conceding 35, with a goal difference of +24. They are 3 points behind leaders Heart Of Midlothian. The last result was Celtic 3-1 Dunfermline (2026-05-23), and they are on a 5-game winning run.