Wilfried Nancy has revealed that Reo Hatate missed Celtic's 3-1 win over Aberdeen due to illness.
The Parkhead boss has explained the Japanese midfielder is expected to return soon after being out sick.
Hatate was not part of the matchday squad last week for Celtic as Nancy claimed his first victory as manager of the club.
Nancy, though, was unable to provide any further update on timelines for the return of Kelechi Iheanacho, who remains sidelined through injury.
Otherwise, Celtic are expected to have the same squad available to face Livingston as for the win against Aberdeen, with Hatate potentially returning to the matchday squad.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Nancy said: "It is the same for the moment in terms of timelines, I cannot tell you. But he is out.
"Reo was sick, so he is going to be able to come back.
"He is going to train the morning tomorrow, I think. We'll see."
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Meanwhile, Benjamin Nygren has insisted the Celtic squad are united in working under Nancy.
"We're all in this together," the Swede assured. "It's not about just the players and the manager, but all of us together. We're one team - we lose together, and we win together. However, I was very pleased for the manager, the staff, and everybody else involved.
"If we can put in more good performances, then we will win a lot more games."
"I’ve had a lot of managers who play in different ways, but I think in the end, it’s football," he said. "And I think it’s something maybe people around talk about more than I think about it - I don’t think it’s that big of a deal or that complicated.
"It’s football; you can see it from so many perspectives. For example, the team I played in before, on paper we played 4-3-3, but in the game, you could say that we played a 3-4-3 or a 3-5-2 or sometimes even two in the back when we pushed both wingbacks up, for example.
"So, how it is on the paper and in the actual game, I think, is very different, and you can see it from so many perspectives."
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