BRENDAN RODGERS has dropped Reo Hatate to the stand-by squad for the Premiership encounter with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park tonight.
The Japanese playmaker has toiled to hit consistnt form in recent outings and now makes way for Portuguese ace Paulo Bernardo.
Auston Trusty, the £6million arrival from Sheffield united on deadline day, takes over from his fellow-USA international team-mate Cameron Carter-Vickers who is out with a foot injury.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Bernardo; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Ralston, Valle, Nawrocki, Hatate, Forrest, McCowan, Idah, Yang.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about past associations with the Perth club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat the questions and provide the answers.
THE WINNER…Giorgos Giakoumakis slides in to score the points-clinchers in Celtic’s last-gasp 2-1 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on October 8 2022. (See Question 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic were losing 1-0 until the 67th minute of their previous visit to Saints. Matt O’Riley and James Forrest claimed the second and third goals. Who hit the equaliser?
2: Five of the 15 players utilised by Brendan Rodgers that afternoon have since left the champions. Can you name them?
3: Who scored Celtic’s stoppage-time winner at the ground in October the previous year?
4: Remarkably, a St Johnstone player put through his own goal in each of the two Premiership games in Perth in season 2022/23. Can you name the unfortunate Saint?
5: Which former Scotland international manager has just been sacked by the Saints?
ANSWERS:
1: Callum McGregor.
2: Joe Hart, David Turnbull, Tomoki Iwata, Mikey Johnston and Oh Hyeon-gyu.
3: Giorgos Giakoumakis.
4: Andy Considine.
5: Craig Levein.
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 st Johnstone v Celtic this evening – only in your champion CQN.
