Chris Sutton has tweeted what he’s called the ‘unofficial’ Celtic starting XI for the Europa League game v RB Leipzig on Thursday night.
Craig Gordon is in goal, with Cristian Gamboa, Dedryck Boyata, Jozo Simunovic and Kieran Tierney in defence.
Eboue Kouassi comes in, alongside Callum McGregor, Olivier Ntcham, Lewis Morgan, Ryan Christie and Odsonne Edouard.
Sutton added that ‘Brown, Benkovic and Forrest big losses’ as the trio are set to miss out through injury and suspension.
.@btsportfootball The unofficial Celtic team doing the rounds for tonight… Gordon,Gamboa,Boyata,Simunovic Tierney,Kouassi,Mcgregor,Ntcham, Morgan, Christie, Edouard …
Brown , Benkovic and Forrest big losses…— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) October 25, 2018
COMMENTARY
Has Chris Sutton actually just leaked the Celtic team line-up for tonight? Or is this just what he’s heard from unofficial sources? There are a few surprises in store for Celtic fans tonight if this is the actual starting XI. Cristian Gamboa coming in and no Mikael Lustig for a start. And we would have expected to see Youssouf Mulumbu in midfield instead of Eboue Kouassi. But Sutton is right about one thing – Brown, Benkovic (if he does indeed miss out) and Forrest will be big misses. And you can add Leigh Griffiths to that list too. All the weight of the team for goals is now resting on young Odsonne Edouard and he’ll need to take every half-chance he gets if Celtic are going to get anything out of the game tonight. RB Leipzig are no mugs and they’ll fancy themselves to join sister side RB Salzburg at the top of Griup B.