CALLUM McGREGOR will be on the substitutes’ bench at the start of the crucial enouncter against Philippe Clement’s side in today’s High Noon showdown at Ibrox.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is taking no risks with the captain as he continues with Reo Hatate, Matt O’Riley and Tomoki Iwata in midfield.
Nicolas Kuhn makes his debut in this fixture with the German winger getting the nod over Yang Hyun-jun to take his place wide on the right.
It’s the third all-Glasgow encounter this season with the Hoops winning the previous two occasions. Kyogo Furuhashi has been the matchwinner at Ibrox on September 3 and Parkhead on December 30.
TEAM: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Iwata, O’Riley, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Bain, Idah, Yang, Nawrocki, Bernardo, McGregor, Forrest, Ralston and Welsh.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about recent encounters against the Govan club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HOOP HOOP HOORAY…Cameron Carter-Vickers races away in joy after scoring Celtic’s second goal in the 2-1 win at Ibrox in April 2022. Carl Starfelt shares the delight. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who was Celtic’s unlikely matchwinner at Ibrox when the Hoops triumphed 2-1 in April 2022?
2: Two of Celtic’s starters in the 1-0 win at Ibrox in September last year have since left the club. Can you name them?
3: True or false: Joe Hart has played in every derby game since arriving from Spurs in August 2021?
4: Celtic played Rangers twice at Hampden last season – the 2-1 win in the League Cup Final in February and the 1-0 victory in the Scottish Cup semi-final in April. Who scored the Hoops’ goals?
5: Which Celtic star made his first appearance for the club since August when he played in the 2-1 victory at Parkhead just before the turn of the year?
ANSWERS:
1: Cameron Carter-Vickers.
2: David Turnbull and Liel Abada.
3: True. Joe Hart has been an ever-present in the derby duels. Thirteen games, eight wins, two draws and three losses.
4: Kyogo Furuhashi with a double in the League Cup Final and Filipe Jota with the only goal of the Scottish Cup semi-final.
5: Maik Nawrocki came on for injured Stephen Welsh for his first appearance since the 1-0 Viaplay League Cup loss to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on August 20.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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