Celtic take on Alashkert in a Champions League qualifying tie this evening.
Celtic starting line-up: Gordon; Hendry, Ajer, Simunovic; Forrest, Brown, Ntcham, McGregor, Tierney; Dembele, Edouard.
Celtic substitutes: Bain, Sinclair, Morgan, Christie, Allan, Ralston, Kouassi.
Celtic start their Champions League campaign this evening as they travel all the way to Armenia to take on Alashkert in the capital of Yerevan.
The Bhoys qualified for the group stage of the Champions League last season, the second time in succession under Brendan Rodgers, but have gone out in the group stage on both occasions.
Rodgers will be hoping for better this time around, and he has named an experimental team in what appears to be a 3-5-2 setup for this evening’s clash with Alashkert, who won the Armenian Premier League last term.
Craig Gordon starts in goal, and is protected by a back three of Jack Hendry, Kristoffer Ajer and Jozo Simunovic, with Rodgers adapting without Mikael Lustig, who has been at the World Cup this summer.
James Forrest and Kieran Tierney will operate as right and left wing backs respectively, leaving Olivier Ntcham and Callum McGregor to play either side of Scott Brown in midfield.
Rodgers has changed his system in order to accommodate both Moussa Dembele and Odsonne Edouard, and the French duo start up front together this evening in a dangerous attack.
That does mean that Scott Sinclair is only named on the bench, alongside Scott Bain, Lewis Morgan, Ryan Christie, Scott Allan, Anthony Ralston and Eboue Kouassi.
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