Celtic return to Premiership action this evening as they host Hibernian at Parkhead.
Neil Lennon’s side have recently returned from a training camp in Dubai, with the Hoops leaving Glasgow shortly after the 1-0 loss in the Old Firm derby just after the New Year.
The defeat at Ibrox left them 19 points adrift of Steven Gerrard’s men, and that advantage has now grown to 22 points after Rangers’ 2-1 win away at Aberdeen on Sunday.
Celtic do have four games in hand on Rangers, but it seems as if the Hoops will need a perfect run from now until the end of the season to have any chance of securing a 10th Premiership title in a row.
Lennon may decide to shake things up among his side in a bid to get an immediate response from the derby defeat.
Frimpong has been a regular at right-back this season. We don’t see Hatem Elhamed coming in for the youngster tonight.
Kris Ajer
With Christopher Jullien injured, Ajer looks likely to be heavily relied on by Lennon from now until the end of the season at centre-back.
Hatem Elhamed
Nir Bitton is suspended and Shane Duffy will miss the game, so we think that Hatem Elhamed will get the nod at centre-back.
Diego Laxalt
We think that Lennon will stick with Laxalt over Greg Taylor this evening.
There’s been talk he’s made a Hoops move his ‘priority’ and could get fans on side with an impressive showing on the left.
Ismaila Soro
Statistically, Soro had a Glasgow derby debut to forget.
However, we feel as if he should retain his place in the side over Scott Brown, as his energy and defensive awareness appears ideal at the base of the midfield.
We think Lennon will stick with the forward tonight, though.
Leigh Griffiths
Griffiths was bright against Rangers. He’s still got plenty of quality and tonight’s game against Hibs could be the perfect fixture for him to get on the scoresheet.