Ange Postecoglou is braced for another defensive crisis as Anthony Ralston remains a fitness doubt.The Scotland international was forced off against Livingston with a back problem and midfielder Reo Hatate filled in capably at right-back for Celtic's Christmas Eve clash with St Johnstone - with two goals to boot.
Josip Juranovic won't be available for the Easter Road meeting after just recently returning from Croatia's successful World Cup campaign.James McCarthy remains sidelined with a lengthy hamstring problem and young defender Stephen Welsh misses out with an undisclosed niggling injury.
Postecoglou said: "We will see about Ralston. There was improvement yesterday and there was improvement today. We obviously have an extra day's break for this game, so we will assess it as we move along.
It's unlikely Josip will play. He will get back but because he had a minor injury as well, he probably hasn't done too much.
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