Celtic vs Hearts LIVE as Daizen Maeda settles for bench after Brendan Rodgers sticks with same XI

Celtic can ramp the title pressure right up on Rangers but will have to do something they have failed to do in their last two attempts - beat Hearts.

The Jambos triumphed on their last visit to Parkhead back in December and then followed up that up with three points at Tynecastle in March.

Brendan Rodgers and his Hoops players will be looking to put that right when they face Steven Naismith's Jambos again and a victory would move them six points clear of their rivals across the city, who aren't in action until Sunday.

Celtic have been boosted by the return to fitness of Daizen Maeda who looked like he might be out for the season but has made a miraculous recovery.

The pressure is off Hearts who will finish best of the rest in the Scottish Premiership and Naismith will be hoping his men can put on a show with the shackles off.

Celtic: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, O'Riley, Hatate, Kuhn, Forrest, Kyogo Subs: Bain, Palma, Idah, Yang, Nawrocki, Tomoki, Bernardo, Maeda, Ralston

Hearts: Clark, Kent, Kingsley, Baningime, Grant, Devlin, Rowles, Cochrane, Vargas, Lembikisa, Shankland, Subs: Gordon, Oda, Atkinson, Forrest, McKay, Sibbick, Denholm, Fraser, Tagawa.

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HEARTS XI: Clark, Kent, Kingsley, Baningime, Grant, Shankland, Devlin, Rowles, Cochrane, Vargas, Lembikisa.

Subs: Gordon, Oda, Atkinson, Forrest, McKay, Sibbick, Denholm, Fraser, Tagawa.

James Forrest keeps his starting spot after his double downed Dundee at Dens Park.

Daizen Maeda is back fit and available but Brendan Rodgers has opted to hold him back and name him on the bench.

Skipper Callum McGregor continues to up his fitness and minutes following