Pole in position to return

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will consider restoring Maciej Zurawski to the starting XI as the Bank of Scotland Premier League leaders visit Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

The Poland striker missed last week’s 3-2 victory over Hibernian with a hamstring injury but is now back in training and aiming for a return to the side.

Strachan, who will not be able to call upon new signing Roy Keane until into the New Year, could also make a change in defence on Sunday after looking vulnerable against the Edinburgh outfit at Celtic Park last weekend.

Provisional squad: Boruc, Telfer, Blde, McManus, Wallace, Nakamura, Lennon, Petrov, McGeady, Zurawski, Maloney, Varga, Hartson, Virgo, Marshall, Thompson, Pearson, Agathe, Lawson, Du Wei, Caddis.