CAMERON CARTER-VICKERS takes his place in Celtic’s central defence against Hearts at Parkhead this afternoon after missing the last two games.
A tight hamstring ruled the USA World Cup star out of the line-up for the matches against Kilmarnock and Feyenoord, but he returns alongside Liam Scales for the visit of the Tynecastle outfit.
Stephen Welsh, who made his comeback against the Dutch outfit after a four-month absence, drops to the substitutes’ bench, but there is no place for Champions League goal hero Gustaf Lagerbielke in Brendan Rodgers’ matchday squad.
TEAM: Hart; A Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Turnbull, McGregor, O’Riley; M Johnston, Kyogo, Palma. Subs: Bain, Oh, Kwon, Bernabei, Bernardo, Maeda, Forrest, Ralston and Welsh.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with Hearts in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HISTORY BHOY…Willie Wallace menaces the Inter Milan defence as Celtic win the European Cup in Lisbon on May 25 1967. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Which former Hearts player featured in the Lisbon Lions?
2: An ex-Hearts star scored Celtic’s winner in the Scottish Cup Final win over Rangers in season 1976/77. Can you name him?
3: Celtic clinched last season’s title at Tynecastle with a 2-0 triumph on May 7. Who were the goalscorers?
4: True or false: Kyogo Furuhashi made his Hoops debut against Hearts?
5: Which player scored his first-ever Celtic goal in the 4-1 victory in the capital on October 22?
ANSWERS:
1: Willie Wallace, signed by Jock Stein from the Edinburgh club for £30,000 in December 1966.
2: Andy Lynch with a penalty-kick.
3: Kyogo Furuhashi and Oh Hyeon-gyu.
4: True. Kyogo made a late cameo appearance as a substitute in Ange Postecoglou’s first Premiership match at Tynecastle on July 31 2021. The Hoops lost 2-1 to a last-gasp goal.
5: Tomoki Iwata.
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