Celtic v Ross County preview: Leigh Griffiths fit for County clash

Leigh Griffiths will be fit for Celtic's Premiership clash with Ross County at Parkhead on Wednesday night.

The striker went off at half-time during his side's 3-0 win over Hamilton on Saturday as a precaution with a tight calf muscle but will be available for the visit of the Highlanders, according to Brendan Rodgers.

Midfielder Callum McGregor will miss out after being sent off against Accies, while Rodgers aims to have midfielder Tom Rogic (ankle) back against Rangers on Hogmanay. Left-back Kieran Tierney (ankle) remains sidelined.

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Ahead of that New Year's Eve fixture at Ibrox, Rodgers stressed that his attention is on sixth-placed County, who were beaten 3-1 at home by Partick Thistle in their last outing.

He told CelticTV: "There is still a long way to go, but you see every game as an opportunity to demonstrate your qualities as opposed to any threat to losing records so for us it's about opportunity and we need to ensure we take that opportunity.

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"We just want to keep the run going. At Celtic Park we wanted it to be a fortress and we feel that, if you're going to do well as a team, in particular your home form has to be very strong and that's what it's proved to be.

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"I think it's going to be a difficult game for us with Ross County coming off the back of a disappointing result for them at home.

"So for us it's a case of getting back here - we love playing at Celtic Park and the supporters are brilliant for us, and hopefully after the Christmas period they can turn out for us in their numbers, which they always have, and support the team to another win."

Jay McEveley insists Ross County can get a result at Celtic Park, despite seeing their six-match unbeaten run come to an end with that defeat to Thistle on Friday night.

They lost 4-0 at home to a much-changed Celtic team in October but were in the game until the final stages and McEveley is convinced they can take something from the match.

"It was a tight game until the 84th or 85th minute and then they scored three goals in quick succession," he said of the previous meeting. "We will have a game plan and we will work on it over the next couple of days and see where it takes us.

"Partick went there on Tuesday night - they had a few chances, and it was only 1-0. It can be done, we will try to get a positive result.

"We can't be too downbeat when we lose a game, we have to pick ourselves up and go again. It would have been nice to go there with a positive result behind us but it wasn't to be.

"You can maybe look back on this result in a few weeks and it could be forgotten about because we could put a string of results together again and move up the table - that's how this league is."

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