Mowbray upbeat over midfield duo

Both missed Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Dundee United - Zheng through illness and McCourt with a minor knock.Celtic will once again be missing Scott Brown, amid reports he has been to visit a specialist in Amsterdam over his troublesome ankle injury.Shaun Maloney is also out, while goalkeeper Artur Boruc will not be risked.Mowbray told Celtic View: "It will probably be a bit too soon for Scott, Artur and Shaun."Of the three, Artur is not too far away but we'll see how he is."Zheng missed out against Dundee United because of illness but he should be okay for Saturday."Paddy had picked up a slight knock as well. We expect him to be fine, but we'll know more as the week progresses."

Source: Team_Talk