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Confirmed Motherwell vs Celtic team news as Callum McGregor OUT of Hoops squad

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Motherwell welcome Celtic to Fir Park with both sides looking to return to domestic winning ways.

The Steelmen's record against the Parkhead club does not make for good reading as they haven't won a game against Celtic in a whopping 31 meetings across all competitions, with just five of them ending as a draw. The Hoops will be buoyed by their Champions League draw away to Atalanta in Bergamo, and despite dropping points to Aberdeen last time in the league, they'll still be full of confidence given their strong record against Motherwell.

Meanwhile, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has fired back at any untoward criticism aimed at record signing Arne Engels after his short period at Celtic Park - stating that the Belgian is 'nowhere near the finished article' as he continues to develop in Glasgow.

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Here are the starting line-ups for both sides this afternoon:

Motherwell starting XI: Oxborough, Kaleta, O’Donnell, Gordon, Balmer, Wilson, Zdravkovski, Halliday, Miller, Sparrow, Stamatelopoulos.

Subs: Hegyi, Seddon, Robinson, Casey, Blaney, Koutrombus, Ebuye, Watt, Madwanhise

Celtic starting XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Valle, McCowan, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Maeda, Kyogo.

Subs: Sinisalo, Taylor, Palma, Idah, Kuhn, Yang, Carter-Vickers, Engels, Ralston.