Kasper Schmeichel<\/a> looks a certainty to start at Hampden -a stadium that has caused the Denmark No1 nightmares this year.<\/p>\nThe back three picks itself, with Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales and Auston Trusty expected to retain their places. Anthony Ralston and Colby Donovan are likely to miss out, with Yang preferred in a wing-back role.<\/p>\n
Misfiring Daizen Maeda has recently led the line, but the Japanese livewire could be redeployed at left wing-back against Stephen Robinson\u2019s workhorse St Mirren side.<\/p>\n
Captain Callum McGregor will be tasked with dictating play in the middle of the park alongside Reo Hatate and Arne Engels. Paulo Bernardo has pushed his case after an impressive cameo off the bench in midweek and looks a more natural fit than Ben Nygren, who had an all-time stinker against Roma.<\/p>\n
Up top, Kelechi Iheanacho’s return will be a major boost for Nancy, who has carefully integrated him back into the team after a two-month injury lay-off.<\/p>\n
Check out Record Sport’s line-up below.<\/p>\n
Predicted Celtic XI![\"How](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_celticvstmirren.jpg\")
How Celtic could shape up vs St MirrenProvisional Celtic squad<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers<\/p>\n
Kasper SchmeichelViljami SinisaloRoss Doohan<\/p>\n
Defenders<\/p>\n
Anthony RalstonAuston TrustyLiam ScalesKieran TierneyColby DonovanDane Murray<\/p>\n
Midfielders<\/p>\n
Callum McGregorArne EngelsPaulo BernardoLuke McCowanReo HatateBenjamin NygrenMichel-Ange Balikwisha<\/p>\n
Forwards<\/p>\n
Sebastian TounektiYangDaizen MaedaJohnny KennyKelechi Iheanacho<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hoops boss is still searching for his first win since arriving from Columbus CrewPaulo Bernardo, middle, could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[71705,106387,40481,87826,403,99,124827],"class_list":["post-347732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-celtic-fc","tag-premier-sports-cup","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-st-mirren-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Paulo Bernardo, middle, could be handed a rare start(Image: Mark Runnacles\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n