MARTIN O’NEILL has reinstated Julian Araujo and Tomas Cvancara to the first team for the Premiership encounter against Falkirk at Parkhead this afternoon.
The loan pair were unavailable for the 4-2 Europa League win over FC Utrecht on Thursday night, but get the nod to start against John McGlynn’s side.
Colby Donovan and Sebastian Touenkti make way and are named among the stand-by squad.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Araujo, Murray, Scales, Tierney; Engels, McGregor, Nygren; Yang, Cvancara, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, McCowan, Iheanacho, Tounekti, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Donovan and Welsh.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with today’s opponents in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
BEST FOOT FORWARD…Kasper Schmeichel produces a stunning reflex save to deny Ethan Williams a late equaliser in Celtic’s 1-0 win at Falkirk Stadium last month. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Which former Falkirk player is likely to turn out for Celtic this afternoon?
2: True or false: Celtic signed former centre-half John Hughes from Falkirk in the mid-nineties?
3: Martin O’Neill kicked off his first interim spell as Hoops manager with a 4-1 win over Falkirk at Parkhead in October. Who netted a double that evening?
4: True or false: Daizen Maeda scored his first goal this season against John McGlynn’s side?
5: Which Celt quit the champions in summer to join Falkirk?
ANSWERS:
1: Kasper Schmeichel, who had a short-term loan at the former Brockville club from Manchester City in 2007.
2: True. Tommy Burns signed John Hughes from Falkirk for £380,000 in August 1995 and the centre-half moved to Hibs for £250,000 in November the following year.
3: Johnny Kenny.
4: True. Daizen Maeda fired blanks in the wins over St Mirren (1-0) and Aberdeen (2-0) before opening the scoring in the 4-1 Premier Sports League Cup-tie at Parkhead on August 15.
5: Scott Bain.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class.
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