BRENDAN RODGERS will be without skipper Callum McGregor against Motherwell at Fir Park this afternoon.
The inspirational Celtic midfielder misses out altogether while Luke McCowan makes his first start.
Arne Engels, Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah drop to the stand-by squad with Paulo Bernardo, James Forrest and Kyogo Furuhashi in for the kick-off.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is also on the substitutes’ bench after his six-game injury lay-off.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Valle; McCowan, Bernardo, Hatate; Forrest, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Taylor, Palma, Idah, Kuhn, Yang, Carter-Vickers, Engels, Ralston.
The champions go into the match three points off the pace at the Premiership pinnacle after Aberdeen’s 1-0 victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie last night. A win today for the visitors will put the Hoops back in pole position on goal difference.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about recent associations with the Lanarkshire outfit in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HAPPY DAZE…Luis Palma celebrates his goal in the 2-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park in September last year. The Honduran repeated the feat in the 3-1 triumph in February. (See Questions 1 and 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Adam Idah claimed a double in February. Who scored Celtic’s other goal in the 3-1 win?
2: Three of the players who started that game have since left the champions. Can you name them?
3: Which Celtic player scored in both games at Fir Park last season?
4: Celtic loaned a player to Motherwell in January. Can you identify the defender?
5: Neil Lennon paid £2.75million to the Fir Park side for which player in August 2019?
ANSWERS:
1: Luis Palma.
2: Joe Hart, Tomoki Iwata and Matt O’Riley.
3: Luis Palma.
4: Adam Montgomery.
5: David Turnbull.
Well done if you got five out of five – go to the top of the class!
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