Sunday 1st April SPL Team news & thoughts‏

Celtic v St Johnstone


Celtic

Injuries - Forrest, Majstorovic
Suspended - Cha, Wanyama
Available Squad - Forster, Rogne, Mulgrew, Matthews, Brown, Ki, Commons, Ledley, Hooper, Forrest, Stokes, Izaguirre, Samaras, Zaluska, Kelvin Wilson, Brozek, McGeouch, McCourt, Loovens, Lustig

Probable XI - Forster, Matthews, Rogne, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Commons, Ki, Brown, Ledley, Hooper, Stokes (4-4-2)



St Johnstone

Injuries - M. Davidson, C. Davidson
Available Squad - Mannus, Maybury, Wright, McCracken, MacKay, Morris, Anderson, Croft, Craig, Millar, Sheridan, Robertson, Sandaza, Oyenuga, Gray, Keatings, Enckelman, Compton, Riordan

Probable XI : Mannus, MacKay, McCracken, Wright, Maybury, Croft, Morris, Craig, Millar, Sandaza, Sheridan (4-4-2)



Prediction : Celtic 3-1 St Johnstone

It's amazing how often when teams are in a position like Celtic are where it is only a matter of time till they are crowned champions they end up limping over the line with a few lame performances. I have noticed that their choke in the diddy cup final affected them and ultimately cost them the chance to record a title win at Ibrox. Question is have they slumped back into that iffy form they showed mid season before they went on their great run?

St Johnstone have really been playing well recently and are unbeaten in their last 6 leagues games. But can't really look past the H2H - last 17 played, Celtic have won 16, St Johnstone have won once!

Neil Lennon was sent to the stands and made to look a bit of a dick at Ibrox last week to be honest so I reckon he will have his troops primed and ready for a decent home win here.

With this in mind I will have a pop at the Celtic -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.15 (Victor Chandler)


PS - As it is April Fools day special mention goes to Derek "Rearend" Riordan who has signed till the end of the season onloan, following not being able to handle playing in China. Wee stat that surprised me about him though is that he is actually the 3rd all time SPL highest goalscorer........he should be on the bench for this match.

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Inverness v Hibs


Inverness

Injuries - A. Shinnie, Hogg
Available Squad - Tuffey, Tokely, Golobart, G Shinnie, Tansey, Foran, Tudur Jones, Tade, Gnakpa, Sutherland, McKay, Winnall, Ross, Proctor, Morrison, Williams, Mathieson, Meekings, Hayes, Doran, Gillett,
Piermayr
Probable XI - Tuffey, Piermayr, Tokely, Golobart, Shinnie, Tansey, Tudor-Jones, Foran, Sutherland, Tade, McKay (4-4-1-1)



Hibs

Injuries - Murray, Scott (getting released)
Available Squad - Stack, Francomb, Hanlon, McPake, Stephens, Booth, Wotherspoon, Stevenson, Doyle, Claros, Kujabi, O'Donovan, Doherty, O'Connor, Griffiths, Soares, Brown, Towell, Galbraith, Sproule, Osbourne

Probable XI : Stack, Francomb, Hanlon, McPake, Kujabi, Osbourne, Soares, Sproule, Galbraith, Griffiths, O'Connor (4-4-2)



Prediction : Inverness 1-1 Hibs

Bit of pressure is off Hibs with Dunfermline losing today, so they know any sort of a result is a further step to premier survival. Trying to predict the Hibs starting XI nowadays is a nightmare. They are like an episode of the raggy dolls, with many rejects........lol The manager seems to chop and change his lineup every week and has been coined with the nickname "Fenloan" because of the amount of loan duds he has brought in. Inverness have only 1 home win this year so I just can't trust them to do the business and backing the dirty Hibees certainly doesn't appeal. Will have a shot at Both Teams to Score here @ 1.8 (bet365)

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