Hoops hope for Petrov

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is refusing to rule Stilian Petrov out of the Bank of Scotland Premier League game at Livingston on Sunday.

The Bulgarian midfielder came off during the midweek win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle with a hamstring strain but the injury is not as bad as initially feared.

Defender Bobo Balde and striker John Hartson are also available despite stomach and hamstring problems respectively.

But midfielder Roy Keane will be sidelined for up to three weeks after tearing a hamstring in the CIS Insurance Cup final win over Dunfermline last weekend.

Provisional squad: Boruc, Telfer, Balde, McManus, Wilson, Petrov, Nakamura, Lennon, Thompson, Maloney, Dublin, Wilson, Zurawski, Marshall, Pearson, Lawson, Wallace, Varga, Hartson.