Preview: Ross County vs. Celtic

Celtic can extend their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table when they travel to Ross County on Saturday afternoon.

The current champions moved back to the top of the league with a 4-0 thrashing of Motherwell earlier this week, and they still have a game in hand over second-placed Aberdeen.

Leigh Griffiths has been preferred to John Guidetti up front in recent games, and made his mark with a goal in the win over Motherwell.

Mikael Lustig made his return from injury, scoring a brace after coming off the bench following a two-month spell on the sidelines.

Aleksander Tonev remains suspended, but the rest of the squad should be available, with no fresh injuries reported after their last match.

Meanwhile, Ross County know that even a win in this match will not be enough to lift them off the foot of the table this weekend.

The Staggies are four points adrift at the bottom of the league, but have got two games in hand over St Mirren, who sit 11th.

Defeat to St Mirren at the weekend has not helped their bid to avoid relegation, leaving the Dingwall side without a win in their last eight matches.

Former Celtic defender Marcus Fraser could face his old club after joining County this week following his release from Celtic Park.

Midfielder Jackson Irvine will not be available though, as he is on loan from Ronny Deila's side, so cannot feature against his parent club.

When these sides met just after Christmas, the teams shared a goalless draw.

Ross County:

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Possible starting lineup: Reguero, Quinn, Saunders, Reckord, Toshney, Brittain, Fraser, Cardle, Kiss, Carey, Curran

Celtic:

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Possible starting lineup: Gordon, Lustig, Van Dijk, Denayer, Izaguirre, Bitton, Brown, Stokes, Commons, Johansen, Griffiths

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