Celtic will be without Japanese midfield duo Reo Hatate and Yosuke Ideguchi when they travel to Ross County this afternoon - where striker Giorgos Giakoumakis will be desperate for a first league start of the season.
Kyogo Furuhashi was picked as Ange Postecoglou's leading man in attack as Jota and Stephen Welsh inspired a 2-0 opening day victory against Aberdeen last Sunday. Their first Premiership trip of the season takes them north to the Staggies who put on an impressive show against Hearts seven days ago, despite going down 2-1 losers.
Giakoumakis had to settle for the bench last week after missing some friendlies following the birth of his child, but will be keen to oust his Japanese teammate from the Celtic XI. Hatate has a few bumps and bruises that rule him out of this one after a week of rehab while Ideguchi is continuing to recover from a knock that sidelined him last weekend.
