{"id":225585,"date":"2025-10-26T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225585\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:41:13","slug":"celtic-predicted-xi-vs-hearts-as-carter-vickers-and-johnston-replacements-picked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225585\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic predicted XI vs Hearts as Carter-Vickers and Johnston replacements picked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brendan Rodgers must be reeling.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/celtic-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic manager<\/a> watched his side get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/five-things-we-learned-as-celtic-come-from-behind-for-first-europa-league-win-against-sturm-graz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back to winning ways against Sturm Graz<\/a> in the Europa League, but at a massive cost.<\/p>\n<p>Three big players who started the match \u2013 Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Kelechi Iheanacho \u2013 will be unavailable for Sunday\u2019s Hearts encounter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/brendan-rodgers-gives-kelechi-iheanacho-and-alistair-johnston-injury-news-after-celtic-vs-sturm-graz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnston and Iheanacho pulled up with hamstring injuries<\/a>, the same problem Daizen Maeda currently has, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/huge-celtic-injury-blow-as-cameron-carter-vickers-to-miss-between-three-and-five-months\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter-Vickers will be out for three to five months<\/a> with an achilles issue.<\/p>\n<p>So who will start against the Jambos at Tynecastle? 67 Hail Hail predicts the XI below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2226855404-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Ralston of Celtic FC in action during the Como Cup match between Ajax and Celtic\" class=\"wp-image-310089\" \/>Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty ImagesDane Murray &amp; Anthony Ralston start for Celtic<\/p>\n<p>Fans naturally would like to see both Auston Trusty and Colby Donovan start, but Brendan Rodgers will go for the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>Murray is more natural on the right side of defence than Trusty, while the boss will favour the experience of Ralston over the youth of Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>The only other change will be Johnny Kenny for the crocked Iheanacho.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic predicted XI vs Hearts<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, it will be Kasper Schmeichel in between the sticks, while Kieran Tierney and Liam Scales will keep their places.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> captain Callum McGregor is in from the start, as is Reo Hatate and the in-form Arne Engels, who impressed against Sturm Graz.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/celtic-predicted-xi-vs-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330634\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Nygren will be deployed on the right wing coming inside, with Sebastian Tounekti taking up his place on the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers must be reeling. 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