BRENDAN RODGERS rests a few of his established stars with the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Arne Engels and Nicolas Kuhn starting on the bench against Ross County at Parkhead this afternoon.
Alex Valle, who came on for Greg Taylor in the draw with Club Brugge in midweek, gets the nod to play at left-back while Liam Scales comes in to the middle of the rearguard at the expense of Auston Trusty.
Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo are given rare starts while evergreen James Forrest replaces Kuhn and Adam Idah leads the attack.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vicker, Scales, Valle; McCowan, McGregor, Bernardo; Forrest, Idah, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Taylor, Trusty, Kyogo, Kuhn, Yang, Engels, Hatate and Ralston.
The champions go into the match knowing a win will propel them five points ahead against Aberdeen who play Hearts at Tynecastle tomorrow afternoon.
The Hoops are due to face the Dons at Pittodrie on Wednesday.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about recent associations with County in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
BLUNDER BHOY – AT THE DOUBLE…Luis Palma looks horrified after his two spot-kick misses against Ross County at Parkhead last season. (See Question 5.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Brendan Rodgers celebrated his return to Celtic with a 4-2 league win over the Dingwall outfit at Parkhead on August 5 2023. Kyogo Furuhashi and Matt O’Riley were on the scoresheet that day. Who was the Celt who netted a double?
2: Which Hoops made his last appearance for the club in the same game?
3: Can you name the former Celtic player who was sacked as Ross County’s manager last season?
4: Alistair Johnston scored the only goal when the champions struggled to overcome Ross County in Glasgow in their last visit in January. How many goals had the Canadian international claimed before that strike: A: None, B: One C: Two?
5: Which Celtic player missed TWO penalty-kicks in the same game?
ANSWERS:
1: David Turnbull, who joined Cardiff City in January.
2: Carl Starfelt, who moved to Celta Vigo.
3: Malky Mackay.
4: B: One.
5: Luis Palma.
Ten out of ten if you got all five correct. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Ross County this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
