MARTIN O’NEILL has said same again as he plays an unchanged starting Celtic line-up for the Premiership title crunch against Hearts at Parkhead this afternoon.
The interim boss goes with the players who kicked off in the dramatic 3-2 win over Motherwell in midweek.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, McGregor, Engels; Yang, Maeda, Tounekti. Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Saracchi, Murray, Forrest and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the Edinburgh club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
JUST CAPITAL…Benjamin Nygren celebrates his superb free-kick goal in Celtic’s 2-2 draw with Hearts at Tynecastle in January. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who were the two Hearts players Gordon Strachan signed for Celtic within two months of each other in season 2006/07?
2: True or false: Celtic had a 100 per cent success league record against the Edinburgh club last season?
3: Which former Hearts player became a Celtic Invincible in season 2016/17?
4: Celtic have scored four league goals against Derek McInnes’ team this term. Can you name the marksmen?
5: True or false: This will be the first time Viljami Sinisalo has played against Hearts?
ANSWERS:
1: Steven Pressley on a free transfer from Hearts in November 2006 and Paul Hartley for £1.1million in January 2007.
2: True. At Parkhead, 2-0 and 3-0; at Tynecastle, 4-1. Hearts failed to make the last six split.
3: Craig Gordon.
4: Callum McGregor, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren and Yang Hyun-jun.
5: True. Kasper Schmeichel played in the three previous games.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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