BRENDAN RODGERS brings back Nicolas Kuhn and Filipe Jota to his starting line-up against Dundee United in today’s 12.30pm kick-off at Tannadice.
James Forrest and Adam Idah drop to the stand-by squad from the team that kicked off in last weekend’s 5-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over St Johnstone.
The champions require a point to seal their fourth successive title.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Maeda, Jota. Subs: Bain, Trusty, Idah, McCowan, Schlupp, Kenny, Bernardo, Forrest and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past connections with the Tayside club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
TITLE GOAL HERO…Giorgos Giakoumakis was the Celtic marksman when the Hoops sealed the title in a 1-1 draw with Dundee United at Tannadice on May 11 2022. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic clinched the championship at Tannadice with a 1-1 draw in Ange Postecoglou’s debut season in 2021/22. Can you name the Hoops goalscorer?
2: Who was the United player Celtic signed in June 2022?
3: Celtic drew 0-0 in their last visit to Tannadice. Three players have left the champions since the December deadlock – one permanent and two on loan. Can you name them?
4: Celtic won 9-0 at the venue in August 2022. Who were the two players who each claimed a hat-trick?
5: Present United boss Jim Goodwin was formerly on Celtic’s books. The Tayside club also had an ex-Hoops star in charge from January 2013 to September 2015. Can you name him? Clue: He cost £600,000 when he was signed from Dunfermline in October 1995.
ANSWERS:
1: Giorgos Giakoumakis.
2: Goalkeeper Benji Siegrist, now at Rapid Bucharest.
3: Kyogo Furuhashi (£10million Rennes), Stephen Welsh (loan KV Mechelen) and Luis Palma (loan Olympiakos).
4: Kyogo and Liel Abada.
5: Jackie McNamara.
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 in action images from Dundee United v Celtic this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
