Falkirk vs Celtic Team News, Injuries & Confirmed Line Ups

Falkirk and Celtic have named their starting XIs for their Scottish Premiership Matchweek 12 match at Falkirk Community Stadium on Sunday 1 November. Kick-off is at 1pm UK time and the game is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. Duncan Nicolson is the referee, and both teams line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Injuries and suspensions

Celtic have one reported absence. Alistair Johnston is out with a leg injury. No suspensions are reported for either side.

Falkirk have no reported absences. Celtic are top of the table with 28 points from 11 matches, having won nine, drawn one and lost one. Falkirk are sixth with 15 points from 11 matches, with four wins, three draws and four defeats.

Falkirk starting XI

Falkirk start in a 4-2-3-1 formation with the following eleven:

• 19 Scott Bain
• 22 Ryan Strain
• 15 Lewis Neilson
• 5 Liam Henderson
• 17 Scott Tanser
• 21 Deniss Melniks
• 8 Brad Spencer
• 23 Ethan Ross
• 16 Finley Barbrook
• 42 Owen Eames
• 24 Jacob Murrell

Falkirk have scored 13 goals and conceded 12 in their 11 league matches this season. In their last five league games they have won three, drawn one and lost one.

Celtic starting XI

Celtic also start in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with this eleven:

• 26 Sam Johnstone
• 51 Colby Donovan
• 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers
• 5 Liam Scales
• 63 Kieran Tierney
• 42 Callum McGregor
• 22 Mika Baur
• 11 Camilo Durán
• 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
• 19 Callum Osmand
• 23 Haissem Hassan

Celtic have scored 27 goals and conceded eight in 11 league matches. Their record from the last five league games is also three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Substitutes

Falkirk have named nine substitutes: 1 Nicky Hogarth, 4 J. McMillan, 7 Ben Parkinson, 9 Ross MacIver, 10 Craig Sibbald, 14 Finn Yeats, 20 Connor Allan, 27 Connor McLeod and 99 CJ Fodrey.

Celtic have also named nine: 1 Viljami Sinisalo, 8 Benjamin Nygren, 9 Kasper Høgh, 12 Landon Emenalo, 14 Luke McCowan, 17 Sebastian Tounekti, 29 Shumaira Mheuka, 47 Dane Murray and 49 James Forrest.

How to watch

The match kicks off at 1pm on Sunday 1 November and is shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. It is also available to stream through Sky Go and NOW, and on the Sky Sports App.

Outside the UK, the match is on Paramount+ in the USA. In Africa it is on New World Sport1 and ESPN 2 Africa across 10 countries, and in Australia on beIN SPORTS CONNECT and Bein Sports 3.