Teams Up – Iheanacho and McGregor start, Trusty on bench

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·22. März 2026

Teams Up – Iheanacho and McGregor start, Trusty on bench

Martin O’Neill brings back Kelechi Iheanacho today to lead the line for Celtic at Tannadice against Dundee United…

Callum McGregor celebrates. Aberdeen v Celtic, Scottish Premiership. Wednesday 4th March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

And Aston Trusty can only make the bench as the Celtic manager retains the services of Benjamin Arthur in his starting XI which also includes, as expected, the return of the Celtic captain Callum McGregor. The Celtic team, playing the usual 4-3-3 formation is as follows for what is a must win match which will be played on a terrible surface.

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Kelechi Iheanacho of Celtic during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic FC and Motherwell FC at Celtic Park, on 5th October 2025 Photo by Mark Runnacles IMAGO /Shutterstock

With Kelechi Iheanacho back in the starting line-up for Celtic its’ Junior Adamu who is the back-up striker on the bench with no place in today’s squad for Tomas Cvancara, who scored against Motherwell last weekend. Paulo Bernardo also finds himself watching from the stand yet again in what has been a frustrating season for the former Portugal U21 captain.

Kick-off is at 12.30pm. Here’s the Celtic team news…