Brendan Rodgers says Celtic are taking each Scottish Premiership match as it comes ahead of their game at Motherwell on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Football.

The Hoops are nine points clear at the top of the table and while the manager says they are targeting another league title, he praised the achievements of their weekend opponents this season.

"Our ambition is to win the league and win it the best way we possibly can. Our focus is just to win the next game," Rodgers said.

"It'll be another very tough game. The encounters this season with Motherwell have all been like that. It's been a while since we played them after the run of three games.

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"I think Stephen (Robinson) has done a brilliant job with Motherwell by keeping them up last season and then reaching the final of the League Cup. Now they've reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup so I think he's done a fantastic job there."

Sunday's game starts a run of three home Scottish Premiership games for Motherwell, with second and third placed Rangers and Aberdeen to come in quick succession.

Manager Robinson said: "The attitude we have is we'll try and take maximum points from them all. Is that realistic? It's definitely what we set out to do. Whether we achieve that remains to be seen.

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"We will go positive. We will go against people and make sure that we are competitive."

Team news

Dorus de Vries returns to the Celtic squad ahead of their trip and will fight it out with Scott Bain for a starting spot after missing the Old Firm win last weekend, but Jozo Simunovic misses out after his red card at Ibrox.

Mikael Lustig returns from a suspension of his own, while Leigh Griffiths has returned to training but is not yet ready to feature and Nir Bitton (knee), Craig Gordon (knee) and Jonny Hayes (broken leg) remain out.

Motherwell forward Craig Tanner begins a lengthy spell on the sidelines after damaging a knee tendon in training this week and faces up to six months out of action.

Liam Grimshaw is still battling a groin injury, while Peter Hartley (foot) and Ellis Plummer (broken leg) are long-term absentees.

Opta stats

Motherwell are winless in their last seven Scottish Premiership matches against Celtic (D1 L6); in fact, the Steelmen have won just one of their last 16 games against Celtic in the top-flight (D3 L12).

Celtic are unbeaten in their last seven trips to Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership (W5 D2), scoring in all but one of their 35 away matches against the Steelmen.

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Motherwell have won just two of their last eight home league matches (D3 L3).

No side has won more away games in the Scottish Premiership this season than Celtic (11, Rangers also 11).

Moussa Dembele has been involved in seven goals in his last five league games for Celtic (three goals, four assists), as many as in his previous 18 games (four goals, three assists).

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