BRENDAN RODGERS recalls Anthony Ralston to his starting eleven against Motherwell at Parkhead this afternoon.
The Scotland international takes over at right-back from Alistair Johnston who only returned to training yesterday after his return from duty with Canada.
Norwegian Odin Holm again gets the nod ahead of David Turnbull and Paulo Bernardo to play alongside skipper Callum McGregor and Matt O’Riley in midfield.
Kyogo Furuhashi leads the attack after recovering from the head injury sustained in the 6-0 win over Aberdeen in the previous game before the international break.
TEAM: Hart; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Holm, McGregor, O’Riley; Yang, Kyogo, Palma. Subs: Bain, A Johnston, Phillips, Turnbull, Oh, Tilio, Bernabei, Bernardo and M Johnston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past connections with the Lanarkshire side in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat the questions and provide the answers.
DIDN’T HE DO WELL…Luis Palma celebrates his first goal for Celtic against Motherwell at Fir Park in September. (See Question 5).
QUESTIONS:
1: Which Celtic player was red-carded in the champions’ 2-1 win at Parkhead in October last year?
2: Who scored the points-clincher that day?
3: Which former Motherwell star scored against his old team in Celtic’s 2-0 triumph in October 2021?
4: Celtic dropped their first home points of last season in a 1-1 draw on April 22. Who scored Well’s equaliser?
5: Matt O’Riley claimed the stoppage-time winner at Fir Park earlier in the present campaign. Who scored the other Hoops goal? Clue: It was his first strike for the club.
ANSWERS:
1: Callum McGregor.
2: Reo Hatate.
3: David Turnbull.
4: Kevin van Veen.
5: Luis Palma.
Congratulations if you got five out five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Motherwell this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
