BRENDAN RODGERS rings the changes for the final Premiership game against St Mirren at Parkhead this afternoon.
The Hoops gaffer, with an eye to the Scottish Cup showpiece against Rangers a week today, has rested a host of regulars for the visit of the Paisley club.
Anthony Ralston, Stephen Welsh and Maik Nawrocki all make rare first-team starts in the back-line while Kyogo Furuhashi returns to lead the attack with Adam Idah among an impressive cast on the substitutes’ bench.
TEAM: Hart; Ralston, Welsh, Nawrocki, Taylor; O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Palma. Subs: Bain, Johnston, Scales, Idah, Carter-Vickers, Iwata, Bernardo, Maeda and Forrest.
Rodgers’ men have won the previous two home contests against Stephen Robinson’s side while also enjoying a double victory in Paisley, one in the Scottish Cup.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about this season’s games against the Saints in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HAPPY NEW YEAR…Daizen Maeda is congratulated by Kyogo Furuhashi, Luis Palma and Paulo Bernardo after scoring the opening goal in the 3-0 win over at Mirren in Paisley on January 2. (See Question 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic beat St Mirren 2-1 at Parkhead in November. Who scored the winning goal?
2: Two players who were in the starting line-up that evening have since left the Hoops. Can you name the ex-Celts?
3: Who scored Celtic’s first goal of 2024 in the 3-0 win in Paisley on January 2?
4: Holders Celtic beat the Saints 2-0 in the Scottish Cup in February. Daizen Maeda claimed the second goal, but can you remember who hit the opener?
5: Who were the Celtic marksmen in the team’s 3-0 success at Parkhead just under a month ago?
ANSWERS:
1: Oh Hyeon-gyu.
2: Nat Phillips and David Turnbull.
3: Daizen Maeda.
4: Kyogo Furuhashi.
5: Reo Hatate, Kyogo and Adam Idah.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report and best action images from Celtic v St Mirren this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
