Brendan Rodgers has named his Celtic starting XI to face Atalanta this evening in the UEFA Champions League.
Held at the Gewiss Stadium – otherwise known as the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia – the Matchday Three encounter follows Celtic's 7-1 humbling at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in Germany, and their emphatic 5-1 home win over Slovan Bratislava.
Kasper Schmeichel starts in goals for the visitors, with a back four of Alex Valle, Liam Scales, Auston Trusty and Alistair Johnston.
In front of them sits captain Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate and Arne Engels, with Daizen Maeda, Nicholas Kuhn and Adam Idah in front of them again.
Last year's UEFA Europa League winners, Atalanta enter tonight's contest following a 0-0 home draw with Arsenal, and a 3-0 away win over Shakhtar Donetsk.
Domestically, Atalanta currently sit sixth out of 20 in the Italian Serie A after eight games.
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CELTIC XI: Schmeichel, Valle, Scales, Trusty, Johnston; McGregor, Engels, Hatate; Maeda, Kuhn, Idah
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