**Brendan Rodgers has made four changes to the Celtic side that beat Ross County on Saturday for tonight’s top of the table clash against Aberdeen.**
Auston Trusty, Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi return to the side, in other terms Alex Valle and Paulo Bernardo come into the side that drew 1-1 with Club Brugge last week.
Celtic hold a four point lead over Aberdeen going into tonight’s match with the Dons taking just two points from three difficult away matches at St Mirren, Hibs and Hearts over eight days.
Aberdeen haven’t looked the same side since they lost 6-0 to Celtic in the League Cup semi-final at Hampden, their first defeat of the season.
With a hectic December schedule now underway the players on the bench will play a key role in tonight’s match with Rodgers knowing from Saturday that he has playesr ready to step up and make an impact.
Don Robertson will referee tonight’s match with Andrew Dallas on VAR, on Saturday Celtic are at home to Hibs before a two week break in the SPFL as attention switches to the Champions League and League Cup.
**CELTIC: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Valle; McGregor, Hatate, Bernardo; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda**
SUBS: Sinisalo, Taylor, Scales, Idah, Yang, McCowan, Engels, Forrest, Ralston
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