BRENDAN RODGERS revamped his team for the encounter against St Mirren at Parkhead this afternoon as Celtic have the opportunity to go THIRTEEN points ahead at the Premiership pinnacle.
Philippe Clement’s Ibrox side drew 3-3 with Hibs at Easter Road earlier in the day to drop two points after their ‘revival’ in the derby on Thursday.
Auston Trusty is brought back into central defence at the expense of Liam Scales while Arne Engels and Luke McCowan start in midfield with Paulo Bernardo and Reo Hatate among the stand-by squad.
Adam Idah also leads the attack with Kyogo Furuhashi on the bench.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, McCowan; Kuhn, Idah, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Scales, Palma, Kyogo, Valle, Yang, Bernardo, Hatate and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about recent associations with the Saints in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
PICK IT OUT…Alistair Johnston celebrates scoring Celtic’s third goal against St Mirren in Paisley earlier this season. (See Question 5.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi were on target against St Mirren in Celtic’s 3-2 home win in the final league game last season. Who claimed the points-clincher?
2: Earlier in the 2023/24 campaign, Celtic beat their Paisley opponents 2-1 in Glasgow. Can you remember the goalscorers? Clue: Both players have since left Parkhead.
3: Which Celtic player was on loan at St Mirren last season?
4: Celtic beat the Saints 2-0 in the Scottish Cup in February last year. Kyogo netted the opener. Can you name the scorer of the second goal?
5: Callum McGregor and Reo Hatate scored to give Celtic a two-goal lead in Paisley in August. Who collected the third strike?
ANSWERS:
1: Luis Palma.
2: David Turnbull and Oh Hyeon-gyu.
3: Kwon Hyeok-kyu.
4: Daizen Maeda.
5: Alistair Johnston.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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