A Celtic Development side lost 1-0 today against Hibs at the Hibs Training Centre.
Details on the match are very light with Karamoko Dembele the only Celtic player mentioned in the tweets from the Hibs twitter account.
Celtic, Hibs, Aberdeen, Huddersfield, Brentford and the club from Ibrox are believed to have arranged a round robin tournament to give players match time but it’s unclear if today’s match was part of that programme.
?| Here’s how the Development Squad line up for today’s game against Celtic at HTC, with Linfield striker Michael O’Connor granted permission to feature as our ‘trialist’.
The game kicks off at 1.45pm. pic.twitter.com/fqtPt9QRRh
— Hibernian FC (@HibernianFC) November 5, 2019
20 | An even affair so far at HTC, with Fraser Murray drilling over for the Development Squad while Karamoko Dembele came close for Celtic.
— Hibernian FC (@HibernianFC) November 5, 2019
81 | Hibs take the lead!
It’s a powerful header from Kosovar Sadiki from Jamie Gullan’s pinpoint corner, seconds after the centre-back was denied with an identical attempt.
It’s 1-0 to the Development Squad against Celtic as we enter the closing stages.
— Hibernian FC (@HibernianFC) November 5, 2019
FT | A well-deserved 1-0 win for the Development Squad over Celtic, with Kosovar Sadiki’s header making all the difference.
Hibs TV subscribers will be able to watch the match back in full.
— Hibernian FC (@HibernianFC) November 5, 2019
A fortnight ago Celtic beat Dunfermline 1-0 in the Reserve Cup but their next scheduled match in that competition is against Motherwell on December 2.
This season’s Glasgow Cup is being contested by Celtic’s u-20 side but so far only one match, away to Clyde has been played.
The lack of proper Reserve football has led to a number of players going out on loan with Stephen Welsh, Robbie Deas, Conor Hazard and Ross Doohan getting regular football in the SPFL Championship.
