Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound

Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland at Fir Park

Celtic have been lavished with praise after their dominant win over Rangers, a win that gives them the opportunity to move four points clear of their title rivals.

Angle Postecoglu is playing the advantage of playing first down but his side know they can heap the pressure on Rangers ahead of their match against Hearts later on.

Motherwell usually offer stiff opposition on their home patch and will look to be more clinical than in recent matches. It promises to be an afternoon of high drama.

Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

Against Rangers, Celtic started like a runaway train and did not relent for 45 minutes.

All-out attack from minute one has been a recurring theme since Ange Postecoglou took over.

Opponents know the whirlwind is coming, so how do they react? Dig in and hope the storm blows out without too much damage or be brave on the ball and play through the storming press?

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou talks through his reasoning for making changes to the side today after Wednesday's Old Firm win.

"It's important for us to maintain a certain level," he tells BBC Sportsound. "To do that with the schedule we've got, we use the players we have at our disposal. Now we have some back it's important we utilise them.

"Motherwell are really strong at home and they're very well organised. There's three points on offer and that's what we're aiming to do."

On in-form 20-year-old winger Liel Abada keeping his place, the Celtic boss adds: "He's a talented young player, he's very disciplined and he's getting rewarded for that. The age doesn't matter to me. He's set a high benchmark for himself."

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Motherwell boss Graham Alexander tells BBC Sportsound: "It's always a difficult tine when you play the best side in the land. Celtic's quality is there for every one to see, I don't have to tell you that.

"We don't plan to get beat, we work hard to try to plan to win games of football, we cant come away from that regardless of the opposition.

"We have had opportunities to win every game since the break and we haven't been prolific enough in those game so we need to be better.

"We've got an attacking team and we are trying to be more attacking, we played very well against St. Mirren and we are looking to use the squad to get the win today."

Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell defender on BBC Sportsound

Despite picking up two points from their last four Premiership matches, Motherwell remain fourth in the table and that position is under no threat today as Hibs, Dundee United and Aberdeen continue to mess up on a regular basis.

However, they are only four points clear of St Mirren in ninth, so there's no room for complacency.

Celtic will be in a good place after blowing Rangers away in a one-sided first half on Wednesday.

Ange Postecoglou's side have not lost a domestic match since September and are currently 18 unbeaten in the league (15W 3D).

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The Radio Scotland team at Fir Park are almost up and running. You can listen in via the top of the page.

Pat Bonner and Stephen Craigan are the pundits. I hope they're well wrapped up since it's a chilly one.

Motherwell are unbeaten in five home league matches (W4 D1), but they have gone four games without a Premiership win (2D 2L), with three of those on the road.

Graham Alexander's men have been turned over just three times in 12 outings at their own patch this term, including a 2-0 loss to Celtic in October.

There was just one goal in it last time, with Tom Rogic netting from a well-worked free-kick at Celtic Park in December.

Motherwell had a decent spell in the first half, but Celtic, playing without a recognised striker that day, didn't give them a sniff after going in front.

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Celtic have won each of their past 10 top flight games with Motherwell, scoring 30 goals and conceding five since a 1-1 draw in December 2018.

At Fir Park, they've scored two, four, four and five on their past four visits.

Motherwell have won just one of their past 28 league meetings with Celtic (D5 L22), a 2-1 win at Celtic Park in December 2015 under Mark McGhee.

Their last home success against Celtic came in April 2013.

Tom Rogic goes straight back into the Celtic side after being away on international duty with Australia.

Anthony Ralston is in at right-back and Daizen Maeda gets a start in attack.

Matt O'Riley, Josip Juranovic and Jota are the men dropping to the bench after the win over Rangers. Nir Bitton is back from suspension to join the subs.

Yosuke Ideguchi, Kyogo Furuhashi and David Turnbull are still missing with injuries.

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Motherwell boss Graham Alexander has made just one to the side that earned a late draw at St Mirren on Tuesday.

On-loan Celtic midfielder Liam Shaw can't face his parent club, meaning Dean Cornelius comes in for his first appearance since mid-December.

Midweek goalscorer Ross Tierney has to settle for a place on the bench.

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Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, Solholm, Mugabi, Carroll, McGinley, Goss, Donnelly, Cornelius, Slattery, Van Veen.

Substitutes: Fox, Woolery, Ojala, Amaluzor, Efford, Grimshaw, Tierney, Roberts, Nirennold.

Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate, Rogic, Abada, Maeda, Giakoumakis.

Substitutes: Bain, Bitton, McCarthy, Jota, McCarthy, Johnston, O'Riley, Forrest, Welsh, Juranovic.

Celtic took over at the summit of the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday, leapfrogging Rangers after a resounding derby victory.

Both Glasgow rivals are in action today, with Celtic visiting Motherwell and Rangers at home to Hearts.

How will the champions respond to that 3-0 humbling at Celtic Park and will the new leaders continue their winning ways?

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