Celtic are in cup action on Saturday when we face Lancaster. Again. Kick off 3pm, tickets available online or on the gate.

Lancaster are currently seventeenth on seven points, having won one, lost one and drawn four. They have the best defence in the league currently, having conceded just once on their travels and once at home. That one goal scored against them came at Bower Fold when we played them two weeks ago, inflicting their only loss so far this season. With three goalless draws, most recently against Atherton, their only win has come away at Gainsborough, when they scored two of their three goals this season.

Charlie Bailey, Dominic Lawson and Dale Whitham have each scored one goal, giving them an average of 0.7 goals per away game, 0.5 overall and have failed to score twice on the road and twice at home. They concede an average of 0.3 goals per game, and keeping two of their four clean sheets away from home.

Apart from the meeting earlier this season, Lancaster have visited fifteen times in the last thirty years, winning twice here, with Celtic winning ten. Their last win here was in 2019 when they won 2-1, with Neil Kengni’s equaliser wiped out by a second from Charlie Bailey. In the last five visits, Celtic have won three, drawn one and lost one.

In Lancaster’s last match, the goalless draw at home to Atherton saw Lancaster line up as:
1. Ben Anderson
2. Samuel Bailey
3. Kyle Brownhill
4. Calen Gallagher-Allinson
5. Andrew Teague
6. Jamie Mellen
7. Charlie Bailey
8. Niall Cowperthwaite
9. Norris 10. Dale Whitham
11. Dominic Lawson

Celtic’s last match, the 1-0 away win at Liversedge, saw Celtic line up as: 1. Greg Hall
2. Ciaran Summers
3. Ben Woods
4. Kyle Harrison
5. Dahrius Waldron
6. Moses Yoak
7. Matty Liptrott
8. Ethan Padden
9. Raul Correia
10. Godwin Abadaki
11. Osebi Abadaki

Moses Yoak is cup-tied, and definitely unavailable. Tom Miller should be back, having missed the last two games following the birth of his child. Ozzie Abadaki pulled up with a strain at Liversedge and will be assessed, whilst Harry Benns and Louis Danquah are edging towards a return.