Friday, 1 March 2013

St Mirren vs Celtic Scottish Cup Preview Mar 2, 2013

Match Preview: Saturday,2 March 2013, One of the important match St Mirren vs Celtic of  Scottish Cup HD Quality Live St Mirren vs Celtic streaming is availahere.St Mirren vs Celtic Live Stream online Scottish Cup online Video Free The match will take plcae at Tannadice Park on 3/2/13 Preview Pictures and Wallpapers its mean all things are available in my blog please see and check here for latest things .TEAM NEWS
 St Mirren will give a late fitness test to winger Gary Teale before the William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final with Celtic.
The 34-year-old has missed the last three games with an abductor problem but will be assessed before the Sky Live showdown on Saturday lunchtime.
Buddies manager Danny Lennon may have to do without skipper Jim Goodwin who is struggling with a knock, but fellow midfielder Kenny McLean could return after a two-month absence with a knee injury.
Celtic will have defender Kelvin Wilson and the versatile Charlie Mulgrew back in the squad for the trip to Paisley.
Centre-half Wilson was ruled out of Wednesday's league defeat at Motherwell because he was suffering a migraine, while Mulgrew has been absent from the last couple of matches with a glute problem.
Skipper Scott Brown (hip) and Mikael Lustig (abductor) are definitely out, but defender Rami Gershon has returned to training again and should after struggling with a knock.

 
 
 Saints have a chance to secure yet another trip to Hampden tomorrow when they face Celtic in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. Celtic needed a replay to see off Arbroath in the fourth round of this season’s competition and then had things rather easier at the start of February when they comfortably saw off Raith Rovers. Neil Lennon’s men are still on for a domestic double – Saints having ended their hopes of a treble in January, while it will take a lot more than Wednesday night’s defeat to Motherwell to have them worrying about their title hopes. There is still the prospect of progress on the European stage too, Celtic having done superbly well to make the last 16 of the Champions League after beating Barcelona in the group stages. They lost the first leg of their encounter with Juventus 3-0, although the refereeing performance frustrated Lennon somewhat, and they will have to produce a remarkable display if they are to pull off a comeback in Turin on Wednesday.
Last month the Celtic boss decided to make a number of changes for a game against Inverness Caley Thistle that came a few days before the first leg against Juve and as his side won that league game he may go down the same route tomorrow. That could see younger players like Dylan McGeouch and Marcus Fraser given a chance to impress, while fringe players such as Paddy McCourt, Lassad and Miku will be out to show they should be playing on a more regular basis. Lennon also used that match to hand debuts to his two January signings, with Aussie midfielder Tom Rogic ending up with the man of the match award and Israeli defender Rami Gershon – borrowed from Standard Liege – scoring.But after being knocked out of one cup by the Buddies this season Lennon may decide to bring out the big guns to ensure it doesn’t happen again and gain a bit of revenge. Gary Hooper took his tally to 23 goals last week, Norwich City having made a number of bids for him during the transfer window, while Kris Commons has also been getting forward and scoring from midfield. Victor Wanyama has been in terrific form in the middle of the park and is another player who has been linked with a move to England, partly because of his fine displays in the Champions League. Skipper Scott Brown has been doing a sterling job despite needing an operation while at the back Efe Ambrose and Charlie Mulgrew have struck up a good partnership. With the likes of Georgios Samaras, Joe Ledley, Adam Matthews and Emilio Izaguirre also available to him, Lennon could opt to rest a fair number of players and still put out an incredibly strong team.

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