Team’s Up – Donovan and Tounekti start in Bologna | OneFootball

Martin O’Neill has named exactly the starting XI predicted on The Celtic Star yesterday afternoon for this evening’s penultimate group stage match in the 2025/26 Europa League campaign…

Colby Donovan of Celtic making a pass during the Scottish Premiership match between Livingston and Celtic at Set Fare Arena on December 27, 2025. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)

It’s a match that means a great deal to both Celtic and our hosts Bologna FC 1909 who are looking for two back-to-back wins in the final two matches over the next week to push into the top eight thus avoiding a play-off tie.

For Celtic it’s about picking up at least three, possibly even four points over the final two matches starting this evening in the iconic Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.

The Celtic team this evening is as follows: Schmeichel, Donovan, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Yang, Maeda, Tounekti.

And on the bench for Celtic: Sinisalo, Doohan; Nygren, Balikwisha, McCowan, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Forrest, McCardle, Ralston, Isiguzo.

The Bologna FC 1909 team is as follows:

December 14, 2025, Bologna, Italy: Team of Bologna seen during the SERIE A match Bologna and Juventus at Stadio Renato DallAra. Final score Bologna 0:1 Juventus. Bologna Italy – Photo IMAGO Grzegorz Wajda

Skorupski; Polega, Moro, Rowe, Heggem, Casale, Ferguson, Zortea, Dallinga, Dominguez, Miranda.

Subs: Ravaglia, Pessina, Holm, Orsolini, Odgaard, Lykoglannis, Cambiaghi, Vitik, Barcancioni, Lai, Castaldo, Negri.

The match gets underway at 5.45pm CPT* and is live on TNT Sports 2 with the build-up starting at 5pm.

COYBIG!

*Celtic Park Time