BRENDAN RODGERS has given a vote of confidence to the line-up that started the 3-0 win over St Mirren at the weekend by saying same again against Dundee United at Parkhead this evening.
Luke McCowan remains in midfield alongside captain Callum McGregor while Adam Idah again leads the attack with Reo Hatate and Kyogo among the stand-by squad.
The Hoops fired blanks against Jim Goodwin’s side in the scoreless stalemate at Tannadice last month.
A win for the champions will propel them into a SIXTEEN point lead at the Premiership summit.
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 games with the Tayside club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HEAVEN’S ABOVE…Sead Haksabanovic celebrates one of his two goals in the 4-2 win over Dundee United at Parkhead in November 2022. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic relied on a stoppage-time winner against United at Parkhead on January 29 2022 to gain three crucial points on their way to regaining the title after missing out the previous year. Who was the goal hero?
2: Who scored the goal in the 1-1 draw at Tannadice in May to clinch the championship in Ange Postecoglou’s debut 2021/22 campaign?
3: The Hoops thrashed their rivals 9-0 at Tannadice in August 2022. Who were the two players who each grabbed a hat-trick?
4: Kyogo Furuhashi and Liel Abada scored stoppage-time goals to secure a 4-2 victory over United in November 2022. Which Hoops player netted a double that afternoon?
5: Which German-born player partnered Cameron Carter-Vickers in central defence in the same game?
ANSWERS:
1: Liel Abada.
2: Giorgos Giakoumakis.
3: Kyogo Furuhashi and Liel Abada.
4: Sead Haksabanovic.
5: Moritz Jenz.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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