Celtic are used to coming back off a big European night and straight into a tough SPL match. However on this occasion it's Hibernian that's played in Europe while Celtic sat it out.
The Thursday Uefa 1st leg tie with Ukrainian team Dnipro unfortunetly ended in a 0-0 stalemate with Hibernian hitting the woodwork twice. One of those "near" things coming from super sub Sproule who scored a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox in their 3-0 win recently and will feature against the Bhoys some time on Sunday.
Again unfortunetly for Hibs, defender Gary Smith and influencial midfielder Scott Brown were both injured during the Euro game and are unlikely to play against Celtic. Midfielder Michael Stewart will undergo a late fitness test today.
Last Seasons SPL results v Hibs
2004/2005
Sat 30 Apr
Celtic
1 - 3
Hibernian
SPL
2004/2005
Sun 06 Mar
Hibernian
1-3
Celtic
SPL
2004/2005
Sat 04 Dec
Celtic
2 - 1
Hibernian
SPL
2004/2005
Sun 19 Sep
Hibernian
2 - 2
Celtic
SPL
Last season seen 2 Celtic wins, one draw and one very damaging Hibernian win at Celtic park.
Long term injury casualties Didier Agathe and Stephen Pearson are back in the running for a place in the first team.
Most likely the Celtic team will be the same as against Aberdeen, let's hope that Zurawski performs as he did then, and with Hartson leads the line in scoring enough goals to win the game.
Boruc and his Berlin wall of a defence (Ok, ok but they have been good recently) will have a tricky afternoon, I'm sure Mowbray will fancy giving Sproule a start and it will be a interesting battle there. I expect Camara to put the Irishman firmly in his back pocket.
My prediction? 3-2 to the Bhoys, I shall partaking of the Embra pie and tea with a sincere wish it lives up to the hight standard of previous visits to auld reekie
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