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Celtic have sold Nicolas Kuhn to Como for £16.5m, while Jota is out until 2025 with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Against that backdrop, James Forrest – a club legend and currently the first-team’s only right-winger – is almost certain to feature on Saturday.

Centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers has returned to full training after minor knee surgery earlier in the summer and could feature alongside key players such as Kasper Schmeichel, Callum McGregor and Daizen Maeda.

New signings Benjamin Nygren, Kieran Tierney, Ross Doohan, Hayato Inamura and Callum Osmand have all signed permanent contracts and are likely to be given a chance to play in the upcoming match.

As for Newcastle, coach Howe used two different formations in the two halves of the match against Carlisle – a plan that can continue to be applied to help the whole team improve their fitness and get used to the feeling of the match.

Anthony Elanga – a £55m signing from Nottingham Forest – could make his Magpies debut, while his Swedish teammate Alexander Isak has also been in training, despite interest from Liverpool.

Key players Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon, Dan Burn and Tino Livramento are not involved against Carlisle, but are all likely to return against Celtic. Lewis Hall, however, is likely to remain absent due to a foot injury.

Latest expected lineup Celtic vs Newcastle

Celtic:

Schmeichel; Kenny, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; McGregor, Nygren, Engels; Forrest, Idah, Maeda

Newcastle United:

Pope; Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Burn; Willock, Miley, Guimaraes; Elanga, Osula, Gordon

Latest Celtic vs Newcastle football review

After winning a record-equalling 55th Scottish Premiership title, a record-equalling 22nd League Cup and losing the Scottish Cup final to Aberdeen in the final game of the 2024–25 season, Celtic have had less than six weeks of summer break before returning to training from 4 July.

Celtic started pre-season with two consecutive wins: 1-0 at Queen's Park and 2-1 at Cork City (Ireland). However, they lost 2-3 to Estrela Amadora in their first friendly in Portugal - where the team is conducting a warm-weather training camp.

However, Brendan Rodgers' side quickly returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win over Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday, thanks to second-half goals from Reo Hatate and Luke McCowan.

Rodgers praised his team’s “excellent” tactical and team performance in the Algarve. Despite Celtic scoring twice in their last three friendlies, he said his side “lacked a bit of sharpness in the final third” against Sporting and could have scored more.

After a successful training camp in the Iberian Peninsula, Celtic will return to Glasgow to host Newcastle at the weekend, before travelling to Como to take on Ajax in their final friendly on July 24 – 10 days before they begin their Scottish Premiership title defence against St Mirren.

Newcastle United, managed by Eddie Howe, ended a 70-year domestic trophy drought by winning the EFL Cup in March, before finishing fifth in the Premier League – qualifying for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons.

The Tyneside outfit began their pre-season preparations with a comfortable 4-0 win over non-league Carlisle United in a behind-closed-doors game at their training ground last weekend.

Fans were delighted to see Joelinton – who missed the final five games of last season through injury – return with a goal, while Jacob Murphy, Ben Parkinson and Sean Longstaff (who is set to move to Leeds United) also found the net.

After a short training camp in Austria, Newcastle will play their first friendly at Celtic Park since the summer of 2004 – when legendary manager Bobby Robson's side lost 2-1 to Celtic.

Around 10,000 Newcastle fans are expected to travel to Glasgow with their team – the first since the 2023 game against Rangers at Ibrox (a 2-1 win, a testimonial for goalkeeper Allan McGregor).

Howe will be hoping to learn from the Celtic clash before his side head to Singapore and South Korea for their summer tour. Newcastle will face Arsenal at the Singapore Festival of Football, before taking on K League All-Stars and Tottenham in the Coupang Play Series.

Latest Celtic vs Newcastle score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Celtic vs Newcastleas follows:

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