Potential title winners this season, Celtic are 13 points clear of second-placed Rangers in the Scottish Premiership table ahead of the commencement of the second phase of the league.

 

Having already won the Scottish League Cup and confirmed a berth in the Scottish Cup final, the Scottish giants are pursuing another domestic treble this season.

 

 

Sutton tipped his hat to his former team’s bench strength and termed the contribution of the Bhoys reinforcements pivotal to their formidable run this season.

 

There is a squad full of boys who step up when needed”, Sutton wrote in his Daily Record column.

 

 

Alistair Johnston is now on the injured list but Anthony Ralston will just slot straight into the set-up.

 

The Scotland defender was able to cover when Josip Juranovic wasn’t around.

 

 

When Callum McGregor suffered his injury in Leipzig, Matt O’Riley had to take a two-month stint playing as the holding midfielder and he did the job with aplomb.

 

Giorgos Giakoumakis started the season playing second fiddle to Furuhashi and still delivered when the Japanese was rested.”

 

Ange Postecoglou’s men are set to face Hearts in the first match of the second phase of the Scottish Premiership on Sunday and will be looking to seal their 53rd Scottish title on that very day.