ON-LOAN Liverpool defender Nat Phillips makes his Celtic debut against Dundee at Parkhead this afternoon.
The centre-back comes in to make his bow with £3million Swede Gustaf Lagerbiekle moving to the substitutes’ bench.
South Korean winger Yang Hyun-jun comes in for the injured Liel Abada as the second change from the team that won 1-0 at Ibrox last time out.
TEAM: Hart; Johnston, Phillips, Scales, Taylor; Turnbull, McGregor, O’Riley; Yang, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Bain, Lagerbielke, Palma, Holm, Oh, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest, Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about recent encounters against the Tayside club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat the questions and provide the answers.
RISE AND SHINE…Kyogo Furuhashi bullets in the first of his double in Celtic’s 4-2 win over Dundee at Dens Park in November 2021. (See Question 2.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Kyogo hit his memorable trio in the first home league game of Ange Postecoglou’s two-year reign. Who scored the other goals in the 6-0 romp?
2: In the second game between the clubs at Dens Park on November 7, the Japanese international scored again. How many did he claim on this occasion? Clue: Celtic won 4-2.
3: A former Celtic player was appointed Dundee manager before the team’s return to Glasgow on February 19 2022. Can you remember his name?
4: Celtic won 3-2 that afternoon. Who scored the goals?
5: A former Dundee player is likely to be in Brendan Rodgers’ match day squad this afternoon. Can you name him?
ANSWERS:
1: Tom Rogic, Anthony Ralston, Odsonne Edouard (pen).
2: Kyogo scored two with Filipe Jota also hitting a double in the 4-2 win.
3: Mark McGhee.
4: Giorgos Giakoumakis claimed a hat-trick.
5: Scott Bain.
Well done if you got five out of five – go to the top of the class!
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