SOUTH KOREAN striker Oh Hyeon-gyu makes his first start for Celtic in this afternoon’s Premiership match against Aberdeen at Parkhead.
The powerhouse 21-year-old stiker is one of three changes from the team that beat St Mirren 5-1 in the Scottish Cup a week ago.
Reo Hatate and Matt O’Riley come into the midfield alongside Callum McGregor, while Oh, who scored his first goal against the Paisley side, leads the line with Kyogo Furuhashi among the stand-by squad.
TEAM: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor; Hatate, McGregor, O’Riley; Jota, Oh, Maeda. Subs: Bain, Kyogo, Haksabanovic, Abada, Kobayashi, Iwata, Bernabei, Forrest, Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you can remember about past connections with the north east club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HAT-TRICK HERO…Gary Hooper yells in delight. (See Question 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who sealed the points in July with the second goal in the 2-0 win?
2: Who scored his first-ever goal for Celtic in the 3-2 win at Pittodrie on February 9 last year? Clue: Filipe Jota netted a double that night.
3: Two players claimed hat-tricks when Celtic beat the Dons 9-0 at Parkhead on November 6 2010. Can you name them?
4: Scott Brown made his return to the club as captain of the Dons on November 28 2021. The Hoops won 2-1. Who scored the points-clincher?
5: Aberdeen last won in the east end of Glasgow in the final game of the 2017/18 season as Celtic celebrated a seventh successive title. Can you name scorer of the game’s only goal?
ANSWERS:
1: Filipe Jota.
2: Matt O’Riley.
3: Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes.
4: Callum McGregor.
5: Andy Considine, who scored TWO own goals for Celtic in games against St Johnstone in Perth this season.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Aberdeen this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
