BRENDAN RODGERS has brought back Auston Trusty to his defence for the match against St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park this afternoon.
Maik Nawrocki played in back-to-back games against Rangers and Hearts, but drops back to the substitutes’ bench with the American international lining up alongside Cameron Carter-Vickers in Perth.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Maeda, Jota. Subs: Bain, Taylor, Idah, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Forrest and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the Perth club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
AT THE DOUBLE…Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates one of his 85 goals for Celtic. (See Questions 1 and 2.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who scored a double as Celtic romped to a 6-0 win at McDiarmid Park in September?
2: A Celtic player scored two goals against the Perth side in the champions’ 4-0 win at Parkhead on December 29. What was so special about the strikes?
3: True or false: Daizen Maeda has scored in both games against the Saints this season?
4: St Johnstone boss Simo Valakari played for which Scottish club: A: St Mirren; B: Motherwell or C: Kilmarnock?
5: True or false: Celtic fired blanks against St Johnstone in Brendan Rodgers’ second game at Parkhead following his return in June 2023?
ANSWERS:
1: Kyogo Furuhashi.
2: The goals were the last scored by Kyogo in front of the Celtic fans at Parkhead before his £10million January move to Rennes.
3: True. Daizen Maeda netted in the 6-0 win in Perth and the 4-0 success in Glasgow.
4: B: Motherwell.
5: True. Celtic drew 0-0 with St Johnstone at Parkhead on August 26 2023.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report and best action images from St Johnstone v Celtic this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
