Celtic face Leipzig on Thursday evening in the Europa League.
Chris Sutton has announced Celtic’s “unofficial” side to face German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig on Thursday evening in the Europa League, describing the absence of three players as “big losses”.
The Hoops will be looking to get their Europa League campaign back on track against the ambitious German side away from home, after suffering a 3-1 loss last time out to RB Salzburg.
Six Celtic first-teamers are expected to miss the clash, with Scott Brown, Youssouf Mulumbu, James Forrest, Filip Benkovic, Leigh Griffiths and Tom Rogic all sidelined.
Sutton posted on Twitter the side he believes will face Leipzig on Thursday evening, with the formation likely to be 4-2-3-1 – with five changes. Eboue Kouassi, Lewis Morgan, Jozo Simunovic, Cristian Gamboa and Ryan Christie come in.
Forrest has been one of the club’s best performers under Brendan Rodgers this season, but his red card against Salzburg means he will miss the Leipzig clash. Brown picked up an injury against Hibernian on the weekend.
Leicester City loanee Benkovic remains doubtful, meaning Simunovic is expected to come in to the side. Mikael Lustig seems to have been dropped for Gamboa, while Morgan makes just his seventh Hoops appearance.
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