Preview: Celtic v Dunfermline (Weds)

by JP Lonergan , 21 February 2012

Celtic have an unchanged pool of players to pick from for Wednesday evening’s Scottish Premier League clash with Dunfermline Athletic.


The runaway SPL leaders face the bottom side at Parkhead just three days after stuffing the Pars’ relegation rivals Hibernian 5-0 on Sunday, leaving manager Neil Lennon with little need to shuffle things around too much.

All his players came through the Easter Road victory unscathed, with winter addition Mikael Lustig not yet ready to return to competitive action.

The defender is back in training after recovering from a hip injury, but will sit another game out as Lennon awaits his regaining of full fitness.

The injury picture is much less rosy for Dunfermline, however. Boss Jim McIntyre has no shortage of concerns ahead of the trip top Glasgow.

Nicky Phinn, who is having an injury nightmare of a season, has torn his hamstring in training, while an ankle knock sustained in the 1-1 draw with Inverness at the weekend has made Jordan McMillan a doubt for the game.

In addition, Iain Turner (back), Mark Kerr (ankle), Steven Bell (knee) and Andrew Barrowman (calf) are all still out.

Celtic (from):
Forster, Matthews, Kelvin Wilson, Rogne, Izaguirre, Mulgrew, Forrest, Wanyama, Ki, Brown, Ledley, Hooper, Commons, Stokes, Zaluska, Majstorovic, Samaras, Brozek.

Dunfermline (from):
Smith, McMillan, Rutkiewicz, Keddie, Boyle, Mason, Cardle, Hardie, Burns, Kirk, Graham Buchanan, Goodfellow, Thomson, Byrne, Dowie, McCann.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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