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Celtic have doubts of over captain Scott Brown as well as Efe Ambrose, Amido Balde, James Forrest, Mikael Lustig, Tomas Rogic and Anthony Stokes.
Dutch duo Derk Boerrigter and Virgil van Dijk remain out.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We're all looking forward to the game.
"It's a fantastic game to be involved in. Obviously there's a lot of excitement, anticipation about it and that's the way you want it to be.
"For us, it's about just going and doing the job. It's 90 minutes, it's our next challenge and it's a challenge we're looking forward to.
"It's a game we can win, it'll be a tough game, but it is a game we can win.
"Celtic are a very strong side and a side that's been built up for a few years now. Celtic can give anybody a game on their day.
"We've just got to make sure that we can be a tough opponent for them at the same time. I believe we can get a result and we'll be doing all we can to go and do that."
Celtic manager Neil Lennon: "I expect it to be as difficult a game as we could have had before going into Tuesday [against Shakhter Karagandy].
"They've got their tails up at the moment and they have a bit of flair in the team, good pace as well.
"I watched Aberdeen at Motherwell on Sunday and they were very impressive.
"They went down early but their response was very good and they basically controlled the game."