DAIZEN MAEDA will lead the Celtic attack against Aberdeen at Parkhead this evening.
The Japanese raider, the club’s top scorer with 23 goals this season, takes over from Adam Idah who will take his place in the stand-by squad.
Jeffrey Schlupp, Reo Hatate and Filipe Jota also start with Greg Taylor and Luke McCowan also dropping to the bench.
The champions can power into a 16-point advantage at the league summit with a win over Jimmy Thelin’s outfit.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Maeda, Jota. Subs: Sinisalo, Scales, Idah, Yang, McCowan, Kenny, Murray, Ralston and Bonnar.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the north east club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
AIR WE GO…Cameron Carter-Vickers leaps high above the Aberdeen defenders to thump in the opener in Celtic’s 6-0 Hampden romp in November last year. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Nine of the 16 Celtic players utilised by Brendan Rodgers in the champions’ 6-0 league win over the Dons at Parkhead on November 12 2023 have left the club – seven on a permanent basis and two on loan. We’ll give you a start – one of them is Joe Hart who retired last summer. Can you name the other eight?
2: Who scored his first Celtic goal in the same game?
3: Celtic were 2-0 ahead at half-time in the first meeting of the teams on October 19 last year in Glasgow before being pulled back to 2-2. Who were the Hoops’ marksmen that afternoon?
4: Daizen Maeda thumped in a hat-trick in Celtic’s 6-0 victory in the Premier Sports League Cup semi-final on November 2 last year. Kyogo Furuhashi and Nicolas Kuhn joined, but can you remember who claimed the breakthrough goal to trigger the rout?
5: Which current Celtic player had a stint at Pittodrie in season 2022/23?
ANSWERS:
1: Alexandro Bernabei, David Turnbull, Kyogo Furuhashi, Matt O’Riley, Tomoki Iwata and Oh Hyeon-gyu on permanent deals; Odin Holm and Luis Palma on loan.
2: Yang Hyun-jun.
3: Reo Hatate and Kyogo.
4: Cameron Carter-Vickers.
5: Liam Scales.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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