Motherwell and Celtic have named their sides for tonight's Scottish Premiership clash in what is the penultimate round of fixtures before the World Cup in Qatar.
The Steelmen go into the match at Fir Park off the back of a narrow 3-2 defeat to 10-man Hearts at Tynecastle on Sunday, while Celtic are on a six-game winning streak in the league after a dramatic flurry of goals at Celtic Park on Saturday saw them defeat Dundee United 4-2, having been locked level at 2-2 in the 90th minute.
Defender Paul McGinn was already ruled out prior to kick-off after picking up an injury in the capital clash last week and Steven Hammell has made three changes from that side.
Stephen O'Donnell replaced McGinn at the weekend and he get the nod at right-back, with Bevis Mugabi coming in at the expense of Sondre Solholm Johansen in central defence. Connor Shields also dropped to the bench, with Dean Cornelius getting a start.
Louis Moult, who netted his first goal on his return to the club on Sunday, starts on the bench.
Ange Postecoglou has also rung the changes with six alterations to his side.
In come Greg Taylor, Josip Juranovic, Carl Starfelt, Aaron Mooy, Liel Abada and Kyogo, and out go former Motherwell man David Turnbull, Anthony Ralston, Giorgos Giakoumakis, Moritz Jenz, Alexander Bernabei and Sead Haksabanovic.
The teams are as follows:
MOTHERWELL: Kelly, O'Donnell, Mugabi, Lamie, Penney, Goss, Slattery, Spittal, Cornelius, McKinstry, Van Veen
Subs: Oxborough, Maguire, Solholm, Moult, Morris, Tierney, Shields, Miller, Ferrie
CELTIC: Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor, O'Riley, Hatate, Mooy, Abada, Jota, Kyogo
Subs: Siegrist, Jenz, Giakoumakis, Haksabanovic, Turnbull, Abildgaard, Maeda, Forrest, Ralston
A win for Motherwell could see them climb up to eighth in the standings, depending on the result between eighth-placed St Mirren and seventh-place St Johnstone, while Celtic will be aiming to at least preserve their seven point lead at the top of the table from Rangers.
Kick-off at Fir Park is 7.45pm.
* Earlier tonight Motherwell announced their Premiership match at home to Hibernian scheduled for Saturday, January 7, 2023 has been put back to the Sunday, January 8 for Sky Sports coverage. The match will now kick-off at 1.30pm.
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