Confirmed Hearts v Celtic lineups: Dembele and Griffiths both miss out

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Celtic travel to take on Hearts this afternoon.

Celtic can clinch the Scottish Premiership title with a win today, making it six title victories in a row for the Bhoys.

A win for Dundee over Aberdeen on Friday night would’ve sealed the crown for Celtic, but Aberdeen’s thumping 7-0 win means the Bhoys have been made to put the champagne on ice.

Brendan Rodgers’ men will be looking to seal the title today though, and also keep up their stunning season-long unbeaten run.

Rodgers has gone with a familiar back five of goalkeeper Craig Gordon, right back Mikael Lustig, centre backs Dedryck Boyata and Jozo Simunovic, and left back Kieran Tierney.

Stuart Armstrong and Callum McGregor partner Scott Brown in midfield, whilst a front three of Scott Sinclair, James Forrest and Patrick Roberts looks set to interchange in attack.

Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths both miss out through injury, but Rodgers has been able to name a bench consisting of Logan Bailly, Kolo Toure, Cristian Gamboa, Jack Aitchison, Eboue Kouassi, Gary Mackay-Steven and Nir Bitton.

Meanwhile, Hearts’ form has been patchy under Ian Cathro, with four wins, five defeats and a draw in the last ten games.

A 2-0 defeat at Aberdeen last time out means that Hearts need a win today to go back above St Johnstone and up into fourth place in the Scottish Premiership table.

Cathro can today call on the likes of Jamie Walker, Bjorn Johnsen and Esmael Goncalves in attack, whilst Andraz Struna, Tasos Avlonitis, Krystian Nowak and Lennard Sowah make up the back four.

Sam Nicholson, Malaury Martin and Prince Buaben are among the substitutes today, as Hearts look to become the first Scottish team to beat Celtic this season.