Celtic vs Hearts LIVE SCORE: Brendan Rodgers welcomes FOUR key men back for huge Prem clash at Parkhead

NOT long now until Scottish Premiership action returns and it does so with a bang as Celtic host hearts in a showdown at Parkhead.

Celtic fans will be hoping for more of the same after thrashing rivals Rangers in the first derby clash of the season at the start of the month.

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And they’d better get used to games at Parkhead as it’s the first of THREE home fixtures in a week for the Hoops.

The Jambos are up first, before they kick off their Champions League campaign against Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday.

The week will then be rounded off with their Premier Sports Cup tie with Falkirk next Sunday – who knocked out Celtic‘s upcmionin g opponents in the previous round.

But attention is fully focused on Steven Naismith‘s struggling side for the moment.

And Celtic will be looking to maintain their perfect start to the season with another three points against a team who have failed to pick up a single win in the campaign so far.

• Celtic take on Hearts on Saturday, September 14.
• The match kicks off at 3pm UK time.
• The game will be held at Celtic Park.
• Unfortunately, the game has not been selected for TV coverage.
• However, subscribers of CelticTV outside of the UK and Ireland will be able to stream the game live.
• There will be live radio commentary on BBC Sportsound.
• Highlights of the game and the rest of the Premiership card will be shown on Sportscene at 7.15pm on Saturday.
• Alternatively, you can follow all the action here with SunSport’s LIVE blog.

Team news

Celtic fans feared they could be without four key men for this clash after injury concerns were revealed.

Cameron Carter-Vickers, Alistair Johnston, Greg Taylor and James Forrest emerged as potential doubts but Rodgers has eased concerns, revealing all four players were able to train ahead of this weekend’s clash.

But for Hearts on the other hand, they don’t have four players returning and instead have a quartet ruled OUT for the match.

Liam Boyce, Barrie McKay, Yutaro Oda and Calem Nieuwenhof are all sidelined, while Kenneth Vargas is also a doubt.

But there is some good news with Beni Baningime expected to be bacl involved after recovering from a calf injury.