Partick Thistle v Celtic team news: Jags aim for shock in Premier Sports Cup

Partick Thistle boss Mark Wilson and Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers have named their starting sides for the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final at Firhill.

The teams are competing for the final place in the last four of the competition, after St Mirren, Motherwell and Rangers booked their spots in the semi-final draw.

Holders Celtic are favourites to win, but they will come up against a Thistle side that’s found form this season.

Four wins from four made for a perfect group stage for Partick Thistle and progress as a seeded side, and the Jags reached the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Ayr United.

The team sit third in the Championship table with three wins and a draw from five games has Thistle in confident mood.

Celtic, as Premiership champions and one of Scotland’s European representatives, went straight into the second round of the cup, defeating Falkirk 4-1 to get to the quarter-finals.

Thistle line up with Lewis Budinauckas in goal, a defence of Reading, O’Reilly, Ashcroft and Logan.

Ben Stanway, Logan Chalmers, Ts’oanelo Lets’osa, Robbie Crawford and Aidan Fitzpatrick are in midfield, with Tony Watt in attack.

Rodgers has named a strong side, with Viljami Sinisalo in goal and a back four of Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Colby Donovan.

Captain Callum McGregor is in a midfield trio with Rio Hatate and Benjamin Nygren, while Yang and Sebastian Tounekti are in the wide positions either side of Kelechi Iheanacho.