MARTIN O’NEILL has handed new Bhoy Joel Mvuka a quickfire debut against Dundee in the Scottish Fourth Round at Parkhead this evening.
The on-loan Norwegian winger from French outfit Lorient goes straight into the front line while Paulo Bernardo and Reo Hatate are also given places in the starting line-up.
Kasper Schmeichel is given the day off with Viljami Sinisalo taking over the gloves while Ross Doohan will be among the stand-by squad.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Araujo, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Bernardo, McGregor, Hatate; Mvuka, Cvancara, Yang. Subs: Doohan, Nygren, Adamu, McCowan, Tounekti, Saracchi, Murray, Forrest and Donovan.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the Tayside outfit in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide answers.
HAMPDEN HERO…Steven Pressley won a Scottish Cup medal when Celtic beat Dunfermline 1-0 in the 2006/07 Final. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: True or false: Dundee boss Steven Pressley won a Scottish Cup medal as a Celtic player?
2: Celtic bought a Dundee player on August deadline day 2024. Can you name the recruit?
3: Which Celt put through his own goal when Dundee won 2-0 at Dens Park in October?
4: True or false: Martin O’Neill ended his first interim stint as Celtic boss this season with a game against Dundee?
5: Celtic drew 3-3 with Dundee at Dens Park in January last year when Arne Engels netted a stoppage-time penalty-kick equaliser. Six players have since left the Hoops, five on a permanent basis and one on loan. Can you name the players on the move?
ANSWERS:
1: True. Steven Pressley won a Scottish Cup medal when Celtic beat Dunfermline 1-0 in the 2007 Final.
2: Luke McCowan.
3: Cameron Carter-Vickers.
4: True. Martin O’Neill’s first stint ended when Daizen Maeda scored the only goal of the game against Dundee at Parkhead on December 3 last year.
5: Greg Taylor, Alex Valle, Adam Idah, Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi (permanent) and Luis Palma (loan).
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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