Celtic will have to face Workington again, after ending the Bower Fold clash 0-0, and this means a trip to Cumbria on Tuesday night (kick off 7:35pm). A positive for both teams was their first competitive clean sheet of the season. A negative for Celtic is that there is a sense of d?j? vu about the whole thing, as three years ago, almost to the day, Workington held Celtic to a draw, took them back to Cumbria and put Celtic out of the FA Cup.
Workington?s home form has not been good this season, and they are without a win at home. Whereas Celtic have one away win under their belt, the 7-1 demolition of Cheadle in the County Cup. Another performance like that one would be greatly appreciated. Workington?s home record shows Worksop, Nuneaton and Harrogate all coming away from Workington with three points, whilst Worcester drew. No visiting team has scored less than two goals at Workington this season.
The Celtic match was the second successive draw away from home for Workington, the first being away at Stafford, so their latest recruits of Carl Heineger and Richard Logan are obviously having some benefit to the team. Workington are now unbeaten in two games, whilst Celtic, having lost away at Barrow are worse off. Workington have failed to score on two occasions this season, and the first leg of this FA Cup tie is the first time that Celtic have failed to score this season, bringing to an end an impressive nine game scoring streak.
Workington lined up in the first part of this FA Cup encounter as:
1. Adam Collin
2. David Hewson
3. Lee Hoolickin
4. Kyle May
5. Alan Gray
6. Matt Henney
7. Carl Heineger
8. Steve Birks
9. Richard Logan
10. Dan Dillon
11. Craig Johnston
Grant Black added to Celtic?s full back woes by limping off the field on Saturday, but the good news is that Mark Barnard was named as a substitute. Celtic lined up as:
1. Paul Pettinger
2. Grant Black
3. Nathan Wharton
4. Barrie Keeling
5. Mark Haran
6. Chris Price
7. James Turley
8. Steve Garvey
9. Lee Ellington
10. Paul Sykes
11. Neil Prince
The automated prediction algorithm doesn?t understand about the fact that there must be a winner on Tuesday night, and has predicted extra time with a 2-2 draw.
