Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic side to face St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership.

Matt O'Riley's absence from the matchday squad is headline news as he nears a switch to Premier League club Brighton.

The midfielder has not been risked in the league squad for the trip to Paisley with a record-breaking fee thought to have been agreed over a pending transfer exit.

Kasper Schmeichel starts in goal for Celtic with Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales and Greg Taylor in defence. 


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Callum McGregor captains the side in midfield alongside Paulo Bernardo and Reo Hatate with James Forrest, Daizen Maeda and Adam Idah the front three,

CELTIC XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Maeda, Idah.

SUBS: Sinisalo, Palma, Kyogo, Kuhn, Yang, Holm, Ralston, Welsh, Turley.

ST MIRREN XI: Balcombe, Iacovitti, Taylor, O'Hara, Ayunga, Gogic, Rooney, Olusanya, Brown, Fraser, Phillips.

SUBS: Urminsky, Kenny, Bwomono, Tanser, Sutherland, Taylor, Smyth, Idowu, Mandron.