Nick Walsh has been appointed referee for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership encounter between Celtic and Dundee United…
Dundee Utd sandwiched between Bayern matches
Brendan Rodgers’ side will be aiming to recover after their gruelling 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout playoff first leg on Wednesday evening.
The Hoops travel to Bavaria next Tuesday for the second leg – and despite the chances of progression to the last 16 of the competition being slim, Rodgers’ men can take belief from their organised and disciplined performance two days ago.
First versus third in the Scottish Premiership
Meanwhile, Dundee United remain third in the Scottish Premiership despite losing four of their last five matches in the league. Aberdeen sit two points behind the Tangerines whilst Hibs, who are 10 unbeaten in all competitions, are now just four points away from third spot.
It was only last month Jim Goodwin’s men visited Glasgow’s east end where they were comprehensively beaten 2-0 courtesy of strikes from Japanese duo Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate.
Nick Walsh has whistle, Kevin Clancy on VAR
Nick Walsh will take charge of this Premiership clash. The experienced whistler was most recently the man in the middle for Celtic’s Scottish Cup fourth round tie against Kilmarnock at Paradise in January.
This will be the 34 year-old’s fifth game overseeing Celtic this season. Walsh was referee for the Hoops’ 2-0 win over Hibs at Easter Road in August, 2-2 draw versus Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen in October and Rodgers’ men’s hard-fought 2-0 victory against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in November.
Assisting Walsh on-field will be linesman Frank Connor and Alistair Taylor. Manning VAR duties at Clydesdale House is Kevin Clancy with Alan Mulvanny taking up the role as AVAR.
Kick-off for tomorrow’s fixture at Paradise is 3:00pm and will be shown live on Celtic TV for subscribers based outside Britain and Ireland.
Conor Spence
