WILFRIED NANCY has made a surprise change in his Celtic formation to face St Mirren in the Premier Sports League Cup Final at Hampden this afternoon.
The Frenchman has ditched his favoured back-three set-up to play Anthony Ralston and Kieran Tierney on the flanks with Auston Trusty and Liam Scales in the centre of the rearguard.
Kelechi Iheanacho makes his first start in 12 games following hamstring problems and Daizen Maeda moves to the right wing with Sebastian Tounekti remaining on the left.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Ralston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Maeda, Iheanacho, Tounekti. Subs: Sinisalo, Nygren, Balikwisha, Yang, McCowan, Kenny, Bernardo, Forrest and Donovan.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remembers about past associations with the Saints in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
SWEET SIXTEEN…James Forrest fires in the stoppage-time leveller against St Mirren last season that made sure the evergreen Celt had scored in 16 successive years. (See Questions 2 and 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic met St Mirren for the first time this year on January 5 in the Premiership at Parkhead. Nicolas Kuhn claimed a double in the 3-0 win. Who scored the other goal?
2: The champions brought down the curtain on another successful league crusade with a 1-1 home draw against the Paisley club. Who netted the hosts’ stoppage-time equaliser?
3: What was so special about the goal?
4: Four players who turned out for Celtic that afternoon are no longer at the club. Can you name them?
5: True or false: Celtic legend Davie Hay has managed both clubs?
ANSWERS:
1: Auston Trusty.
2: James Forrest.
3: It was the goal that maintained Forrest’s achievement of scoring in every season for 16 years.
4: Greg Taylor, Jeffrey Schlupp, Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah.
5: True.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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