Celtic vs. Buckie Thistle – prediction, team news, lineups

On Saturday, Celtic will play in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,

starting their bid to protect the trophy.

One of just three tier-five clubs remaining in the competition, Buckie Thistle,

will be the opponent for the Hoops in a tale of David vs. Goliath.

Due to the winter break, Celtic’s last game was more than two weeks ago.

They will now begin their Scottish Cup campaign with a goal of extending their stellar season.

The Hoops, who defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 to win the trophy for the 43rd time last season,

are the team that has won this competition the most times,

demonstrating the success the club has had in it.

Despite the break, Brendan Rodgers’ team should have plenty of momentum going into this weekend because they

have won their last four games.

In their most recent game, the Hoops trounced St.

Mirren, winning 3-0 thanks to goals from Matt O’Riley,

Greg Taylor, and Daizen Maeda.

No side in the Scottish Premiership has scored more goals than Celtic has,

which emphasizes the importance of their attacking performances to everything Celtic has accomplished this season.

Since Celtic has scored more goals than any other team in the Scottish Premiership,

its offensive output has been crucial to everything the team has achieved this season.

Celtic’s offensive production has been essential to all the squad has accomplished this season,

as they lead all Scottish Premiership teams in goals scored.

The Jags started the competition strong,

defeating Tayport 4-0 in the opening round. In the second round,

they eliminated Forres Mechanics with 10 men.

Though Graeme Stewart’s team had to put in a lot of work to get here,

they were rewarded for their efforts when they defeated Broxburn Athletic on penalties after coming back from behind twice.

Despite having to fight hard to get here, Graeme Stewart’s team was rewarded for their efforts when they overcame twice to overcome Broxburn Athletic on penalties.

Even while Rodgers has historically looked to rest some of his important players early in a tournament,

given that the squad hasn’t played in a few weeks,

he might want to concentrate on getting everyone back up to speed right away with a stronger starting lineup.

Later in the game, younger players and bench players may have possibilities.

On Saturday, Nicolas Kuhn, who recently signed with the team from Rapid Vienna,

may also make his club debut.

Liel Abada and Reo Hatate could be used this weekend to get back up to match speed right away,

since they were both beginning to recover from injuries prior to the winter break.

This weekend’s matchup between Buckie Thistle’s third-round hero Peters and his cousin Stephen Welsh might also

be a family affair,

if the Hoops defender recovers from his recent injury.

Scott Adams was sent off in the third round,

so the Jags will be without him this weekend.

This means that at least one change will be made to the starting lineup from that game.

Celtic possible starting lineup:

Hart; Johnston, Narwocki, Scales, Taylor; McGregor, Hatate, O’Riley; Palma, Furuhashi, Abada

Buckie Thistle possible starting lineup

Knight; Ramsay, McHardy, Murray, Munro; Wood, Pugh, Maciver, Barry, Goodall; Peters

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