Team News: Georgios Samaras ruled out for Celtic

Celtic's Georgios Samaras is ruled out of today's Scottish Premiership game against Aberdeen through illness.

Aside from the Greece forward, manager Neil Lennon has no other player issues ahead of the Celtic Park clash against the second-placed Dons.

Meanwhile, Aberdeen are without defender Andrew Considine after he suffered a hamstring injury in training last week.

Full-back Joe Shaughnessy is also ruled out through injury, but forward Peter Pawlett has overcome a problem with his back and makes the Dons' starting XI.

Celtic: Forster, Matthews, Ambrose, Van Dijk, Izaguirre, Brown, Mulgrew, Johansen, Commons, Stokes, Griffiths Subs: Zaluska, Balde, Pukki, Lustig, Kayal, Boerrigter, Henderson

Aberdeen: Langfield, Logan, Hayes, Anderson, Reynolds, Flood, Jack, Pawlett, McGinn, Rooney, Robson Subs: Weaver, Tate, Robertson, Smith, McManus, Vernon, Zola