PERTH, Scotland — Celtic dey ready to clash with St Johnstone for Scottish Premiership match on Sunday as dem dey chase title. St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari talk to BBC Scotland, say, “We dey play against better team, but our own team strong too. We need to find better balance for how we defend and attack.”
As Celtic dey plan to widen their 16-point lead, dis match go be crucial especially after Rangers drop points yesterday. Celtic gaffer Brendan Rodgers believe say dem need to replicate di performance wey give dem victories earlier in di season. He noted, “Each match na different, but we want to carry di high level of play wey we show before.”
St Johnstone, wey dey sit for di bottom of di league, dey push to close di gap with Dundee. Dem fit crawl within five points with a win against Celtic, wey don be formidable opponent throughout di season, including recent matches against Hearts wey dem win 3-0.
In di build-up to di match, both teams don make adjustments. Valakari make three changes to im squad after dem lose to Hibernian, bringing in Adama Sidibeh, Graham Carey, and Stephen Duke-McKenna. Long-term absentees Uche Ikpeazu, Bozo Mikulic, and Sam McClelland still dey sidelined.
For Celtic side, di manager only make one change, replacing Maik Nawrocki with Auston Trusty, who return to di squad after a month out. Viljami Sinisalo go continue to guard di goal as Kasper Schmeichel dey injured.
Di full line-up for St Johnstone includes Fisher, Curtis, Balodis, Mitchell, Wright, Holt, Duke-McKenna, Griffith, Carey, Kirk, and Sidibeh, while Celtic line-up with Sinisalo, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Schlupp, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Jota, Kuhn, and Maeda.
Pundits dey excited as di match dey promise to be a showdown between di team wey dey race for di top and di one wey dey struggle to survive. Fan don dey gather for McDiarmid Park to witness di action. With insatiable hunger for victory on both sides, Sunday go show who go shine and who go suffer.
