Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic side to face Hearts.

The Celtic manager has handed Arne Engels his first start for the club after featuring off the bench in the win over Rangers.

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

Engels is joined in midfield by Callum McGregor and Reo Hatate with a front three of Nico Kuhn, Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi.


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CELTIC XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Kuhn, Maeda, Kyogo.

SUBS: Sinisalo, Trusty, Palma, Idah, Valle, McCowan, Bernardo, Forrest, Ralston.

HEARTS XI: Gordon, Kingsley, Halkett, Baningime, Grant, Shankland, Rowles, Boateng, Penrice, Vargas, Taylor.Ā 

SUBS: Clark, Kent, Oyegoke, Devlin, Spittal, Forrest, Dhanda, Musa, Salazar.