{"id":453951,"date":"2025-09-26T23:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/453951\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:41:16","slug":"hibs-told-that-celtic-star-will-be-too-much-for-them-to-handle-at-parkhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/453951\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibs told that Celtic star will be \u2018too much\u2019 for them to handle at Parkhead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former Celtic winger Paul Slane reckons one Hoops star will be too good for Hibs on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic<\/a> last played in the Scottish Premiership two weeks ago when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/brendan-rodgers-reveals-what-his-feeling-was-ahead-of-kelechi-iheanacho-celtic-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelechi Iheanacho\u2019s penalty beat Kilmarnock<\/a> at Rugby Park.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Celtic have progressed to the semi-final stage of the Premier Sports Cup and drew their opening Europa League game with Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s Hibs for the Bhoys at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic Park<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/paul-slane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slane<\/a> has backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/kelechi-iheanacho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iheanacho<\/a> to be a real handful for David Gray\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kelechi-iheanacho-1758796195140-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates\" class=\"wp-image-320536\" \/>Credit: Srdjan Stevanovic \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesCeltic\u2019s Kelechi Iheanacho backed to cause Hibs problems<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/gary-lineker-thinks-he-knows-exactly-what-kelechi-iheanacho-will-do-at-celtic-after-watching-him-at-leicester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iheanacho already has three goal contributions<\/a> in three games for Celtic, his last a strike against Belgrade on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear the Nigerian has made Celtic better in attacking areas, and Slane told Open Goal that he will be too hot for the Hibees to handle in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI think with the Thistle game with Iheanacho going up front, I just think he makes Celtic so much better. He will start and I just think he will be too much for Hibs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I think with Iheanacho being up there, they just look like so much a better team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iheanacho can make leaky Hibs pay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/premiership-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hibs may be sitting fourth in the Premiership<\/a> at the moment with the team yet to lose a league game, but they have a rather leaky defence.<\/p>\n<p>Nine goals have been conceded by the Easter Road outfit in the league, with only Falkirk and Livingston letting in more so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Hibs have conceded seven in their last three matches in all competitions, the previous two coming against a very poor Rangers side.<\/p>\n<p>This could be Iheanacho\u2019s chance to score his third Celtic goal, perhaps even more given Hibs\u2019 defensive vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Celtic winger Paul Slane reckons one Hoops star will be too good for Hibs on Saturday. 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