Celtic manager Martin O'Neill believes goalkeeper Magnus Hedman will win recover from a back spasm in time to take on Bayern Munich in tomorrow's Champions League showdown at Parkhead.
Robert Douglas looked set to start against the German giants after coming on for Hedman at half-time during Saturday's 5-1 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice. However, the former Dundee man still looked nervy following his harrowing experience at the hands of Holland in Amsterdam last week, when he and his Scotland team-mates were hammered 6-0 and O'Neill is confident that the former Coventry stopper will be fit.
"He didn't do any training this morning because we kept him out as a precaution. He's improving and we'll see how he is tomorrow morning but he is pretty hopeful," said O'Neill.
The Hoops boss must also decide whether to recall Scotland's other Dutch starter, Jackie McNamara, or stick with Johan Mjallby after recently recovering from injury. The Swedish defender got a full game at Tannadice and the Celtic boss is confident that he would not let him down against Bayern.
Celtic can send the 2001 European champions crashing out at the group stages for the second-consecutive year if they win at Parkhead and Lyon beat Anderlecht in Brussels.