CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers has rejigged his line-up for the Premiership clash with Mother at Parkhead this afternoon.
Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren and Paulo Bernardo drop to the substitutes’ bench from the team that started the 2-0 Europa League loss against Sporting Braga on Thursday at the same venue.
Teenage right-back Colby Donovan is missing altogether.
In come Anthony Ralston, Marcelo Saracchi, Luke McCowan and Reo Hatate to face the vastly-improved Fir Park outfit.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Saracchi; McCowan, McGregor, Hatate; Maeda, Iheanacho and Tounekti. Subs: Sinisalo, Nygren, Balikwisha, Kenny, Engels, Bernardo, Murray, Forrest and Tierney.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about past connections with the Lanarkshire side in CQN’s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
DIDN’T HE DO WELL…Filipe Jota celebrates his Celtic comeback with a goal in the 3-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park in February. (See Question 3.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Can you name the Motherwell player who started his career at Celtic? Clue: He has played 26 times for Scotland.
2: True or false: Former Celtic goal hero Brian McClair played part of his career at Well?
3: Which Celtic favourite scored on his comeback to the champions in February?
4: The champions won 3-1 in that encounter. Daizen Maeda opened the scoring, who claimed the other goal?
5: Since the 4-0 win on Boxing Day last year, five of the Hoops performers that afternoon have left Parkhead. Can you name them? Clue: One had been on loan.
ANSWERS:
1: Stephen O’Donnell.
2: True. McClair had two stints at Well (1981-83 and 1998).
3: Filipe Jota.
4: Adam Idah.
5: Alex Valle, Greg Taylor, Nicolas Kuhn, Adam Idah and Kyogo Furuhashi.
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