CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers has given starting places to Liam Scales, Arne Engels and Luke McCowan against Hibs at Parkhead this afternoon.
With an obvious eye to Tuesday’s Champions League match against Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Reo Hatate drop to the stand-by squad.
The Hoops’ £11million man Engels, who played for only a handful of minutes in the 1-0 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie in midweek, is also in for the kick-off with Paulo Bernardo among the substitutes.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, McCowan; Kuhn, Idah, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Kyogo, Valle, Yang, Carter-Vickers, Bernardo, Hatate, Forrest and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past associations with the Edinburgh outfit in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
GREEN FOR GOAL…Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates his two-goal performance in Celtic’s 2-1 League Cup Final triumph over Hibs at Hampden in December 2021. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic overcame Hibs 4-1 at Parkhead on December 6 last year. Luis Palma (pen) and Matt O’Riley scored two goals and another Hoops star claimed a double. Can you name him? Clue: He is no longer at the club.
2: Who was the former Celtic star fired by the capital club in April 2022?
3: Which Celtic January 2024 arrival scored his first goals for the Hoops a month later against Hibs?
4: Ange Postecoglou won his first Celtic trophy with a 2-1 League Cup Final win over the Easter Road side at Hampden in December 2021. Who was the Hoops’ two-goal hero?
5: True or false: Daizen Maeda scored his first Celtic goal against Hibs?
ANSWERS:
1: Oh Hyeon-gyu.
2: Shaun Maloney.
3: Adam Idah, two penalty-kicks in 2-1 win at Easter Road on February 7.
4: Kyogo Furuhashi.
5: True. Daizen Maeda scored his first Celtic goal when he opened the scoring on his debut in a 2-0 win over Hibs at Parkhead on January 17 2022.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Hibs this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.
