Celtic absences, injuries, and the expected starting lineup for the crucial trip to Hearts.

When Brendan Rodgers’ Bhoys visit Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday, Scottish Premiership fans can expect an interesting match.

This is a match that always draws attention on the schedule, and there’s even an opportunity to reclaim the top spot in the league table following a successful week of back-to-back wins.

After Rangers’ early Saturday afternoon loss to Motherwell at Ibrox, Celtic now have the opportunity to make a significant title race statement. The defending champions will go one point ahead of Philippe Clement’s squad with a victory.
Team news for Celtics versus Hearts

Leading man Callum McGregor is the subject of the major injury news leading up to the trip to Edinburgh. In Wednesday night’s crushing victory over Dundee, he was replaced.

Since then, Rodgers has disclosed that he experienced pain in his Achilles and calf. Naturally, with Celtic in such a dominant position that evening, no chances were taken.

He did not, however, show up for practice on Friday, and the manager has deemed him doubtful for Sunday’s game. It appears likely that the Celtics manager won’t be present for this one, as he was also discussing other possibilities.

Somewhere, Reo Hatate is still recovering from an injury sustained while serving with Japan internationally, and Maik Nawrocki is still out due to a hamstring injury.

The manager has removed Liel Abada from playing action, but his status has remained unchanged.

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