BRENDAN RODGERS has shaken up his Celtic team for the Premiership match against Dundee at Parkhead this evening.
Cameron Carter-Vickers makes his first start in nine games after injury and the centre-back takes over the skipper’s armband with Callum McGregor again missing.
Auston Trusty will line up alongside his USA international team-mate with Liam Scales dropping to the bench. Anthony Ralston and Greg Taylor replace Alistair Johnston and Alex Valle in the full-back berths as wingers Yang Hyun-jun and Luis Palma get rare starts.
James Forrest and Daizen Maeda are also among the stand-by squad, but there is no sign of Nicolas Kuhn.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; McCowan, Engels, Bernardo; Yang, Kyogo, Palma. Subs: Sinisalo, Johnston, Scales, Valle, Maeda, Hatate, Forrest, Welsh and Turley.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about recent encounters against the Dens Park club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
DEBUT STRIKE…on-loan Benfica midfielder Paulo Bernardo claims his first-ever Celtic goal as he forces in the opener in the 3-0 win over Dundee at Dens Park on Boxing day. (See Question 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Two players scored hat-tricks against Dundee in two league games at Parkhead in Ange Postecoglou’s debut campaign in 2021/22. Can you name the goalscorers?
2: Which former Celtic player was in charge of the Tayside club when the Hoops won 3-2 in Glasgow in the same season?
3: Celtic won 3-0 at Dens Park on Boxing Day last year. Who scored his first-ever Hoops goal that night?
4: Celtic routed the Dens Park club 7-1 the last time they visited Glasgow in February with seven different goalscorers, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda, Greg Taylor and Callum McGregor were on target. Can you name the other two marksmen? Clue: They are no longer at the club.
5: Two Celtic players hit doubles at Dens Park last season. Can you remember their names?
ANSWERS:
1: Kyogo Furuhashi and Giorgos Giakoumakis.
2: Mark McGhee.
3: Paulo Bernardo.
4: Matt O’Riley and Daniel Kelly.
5: Mikey Johnston and James Forrest.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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