Motherwell vs Celtic - prediction, team news, lineups

Motherwell volition invited Celtic to Fir Park connected Wednesday nighttime for a matchday 37 clash successful the Scottish Premiership.

The hosts are 4th and battling for European qualification, portion the visitors are 2nd and conscionable a constituent down the league leaders.

Match preview

Jens Berthel Askou has enjoyed a fantastic debut play arsenic Motherwell manager, starring the Steelmen from an eighth-placed decorativeness past word to being successful the driving spot for European qualification with 2 games remaining. 

The hosts beryllium 4th successful the Scottish Premiership array with 58 points from 36 games, aft 15 wins, 13 draws and lone 8 defeats - though a bulk of those losses person travel successful caller weeks. 

After losing lone 3 of their opening 28 league games, Motherwell person subsequently mislaid 5 of their past 8 matches, alongside conscionable 1 triumph and 2 draws. 

However, European challengers Hibernian person besides dropped points successful caller weeks, meaning they person fallen to 4 points down the Steelmen, leaving Motherwell firmly successful the driving spot to unafraid 4th and qualification to the Conference League. 

Askou volition inactive privation his broadside to enactment their qualification beyond uncertainty with a triumph connected Wednesday, and the Steelmen volition gully assurance from their 2-0 triumph implicit Celtic successful their past clash astatine Fir Park successful December. 

That decision came arsenic 1 of six losses during Wilfried Nancy's disastrous eight-game tenure, and the Bhoys person surely improved since the consequent accomplishment of interim brag Martin O'Neill.

O'Neill, during his 2nd spell arsenic interim manager this term, has won 12 of 16 Scottish Premiership fixtures, starring Celtic backmost into the contention for the title. 

The Bhoys present way leaders Hearts by conscionable 1 constituent with 2 matches remaining, including a imaginable title-deciding clash with the Jambos connected the final-day of the season.

Celtic volition privation to guarantee they stay successful contention for the rubric by avoiding decision against Motherwell, portion a triumph could adjacent instrumentality the Bhoys up of Hearts depending connected their effect against Falkirk. 

O'Neill's broadside volition person plentifulness of content of claiming each 3 points astatine Fir Park, having won each of their past 5 matches, including a fantastic 3-1 triumph against Old Firm rivals Rangers past clip out.

Motherwell Scottish Premiership form:

D L L W L D

Celtic Scottish Premiership form:

L W W W W W 

Celtic signifier (all competitions):

W W W W W W 

Team News

Motherwell volition beryllium without Zach Robinson for Wednesday's brushwood owed to an Achilles tendon injury, portion the remainder of the squad should beryllium disposable for selection. 

Following the 1-1 gully against leaders Hearts astatine the weekend, Askou whitethorn opt to sanction an unchanged starting broadside connected Wednesday, including Scottish Premiership apical scorer Tawanda Maswanhise.

Meanwhile, O'Neill volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon the services of Tomas Cvancara, Colby Donovan, Julian Araujo, Kasper Schmeichel, Callum Osmand, Adam Montgomery, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota owed to injury. 

The Bhoys recorded a stunning Old Firm triumph past weekend, which featured a superb brace from Daizen Maeda, and an unchanged 11 is expected here.

Motherwell imaginable starting lineup:

Ward; O'Donnell, Gordon, Welsh, Longelo; Watt, Priestman; Said, Slattery, Maswanhise; Just

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Engels, McGregor; McCowan, Nygren, Hyun-Jun; Maeda

We say: Motherwell 0-2 Celtic

Motherwell whitethorn person won the past clip Celtic travelled to Fir Park, but the visitors are successful importantly stronger lasting than successful December, portion the Steelmen's signifier has taken a crook for the worse. 

Consequently, we are predicting that Celtic volition assertion each 3 points and fortify their rubric charge.

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