Jozo Simunovic has been handed his home debut during Celtic's Scottish Premiership encounter against Dundee United this afternoon.

The Croatian defender is one of three alterations that manager Ronny Deila has made to his team from the one that was defeated 3-1 by Molde in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Kieran Tierney and Gary Mackay-Steven are the other two players that have come into the starting lineup at the expense of Emilio Izaguirre and Nir Bitton respectively.

As for the away side, Mixu Paatelainen has opted for the combination of Billy McKay and Darko Bodul up front.

Celtic: Gordon; Ambrose, Boyata, Simunovic, Tierney; Brown, Johansen; Mackay-Steven, Commons, Armstrong; Griffiths
Subs: Bailly, Blackett, Bitton, Ciftci, Rogic, Lustig, McGregor

Dundee Utd: Zwick; Dillon, J Souttar, Durnan, McGowan; Telfer, Kuhl, Fraser, Rankin; Bodul, McKay
Subs: Szromnik, Murray, Connolly, Donaldson, Taggart, H Souttar, Robson