MARTIN O’NEILL has given the nod of approval for Viljami Sinisalo to start against Rangers at Ibrox this afternoon.
The Finnish shotstopper was outstanding in Celtic’s 1-0 Europa League win over VfB Stuttgart on Thursday and keeps the No.1 position ahead of Kasper Schmeichel.
The Dane also misses out on the matchday squad with Ross Doohan as back-up netminder.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is a surprise starter in midfield alongside Callum McGregor and Benjamin Nygren while Junior Adamu leads the attack with Tomas Cvancara among the stand-by squad.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Araujo, Murray, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, McGregor, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Yang, Adamu, Maeda. Subs: Doohan, Cvancara, McCowan, Tounekti, Saracchi, Hatate, Arthur, Forrest and Donovan.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about encounters with the Govan club in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HEAVEN IN GOVAN…Adam Idah celebrates his strike in Celtic’s 1-1 draw at Ibrox in May last year. (See Question 5.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Which Celtic player made his debut in the 0-0 draw at Ibrox in August?
2: Can you name the Celt who played in Govan that day who left the club in January?
3: True or false: Celtic have faced the Ibrox club with three different managers this season?
4: Who were the three goalscorers when Celtic won 3-1 against Danny Rohl’s side in the Premier Sports League Cup semi-final at Hampden in November?
5: Who is the last Celtic player to score at Ibrox?
ANSWERS:
1: Michel-Ange Balikwisha.
2: Shin Yamada.
3: True. Brendan Rodgers was in charge in the 0-0 draw at Ibrox in August, Martin O’Neill was in interim control in the 3-1 Premier Sports League Cup semi-final win at Hampden in November and Wilfried Nancy was in the dug-out for the 4-1 home loss in January.
4: Johnny Kenny, Callum McGregor and Callum Osmand.
5: Adam Idah in the 1-1 draw in May last year.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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