Celtic has to drop Hatate to release the “game winner”

Celtic they return to action again in Scotland Prime Minister Tonight as they prepare for travel to take over the M Mirren in television.

Obacs are currently 13 points from Rangers, second in the top table, with only ten games left to play before the end of the season.

Brendan Rodgers‘Side ensured that they held their lead of 13 points with an emphasis on a 5-1 victory over Aberdeen in Parkhead last time on Tuesday night.

Daizen Maeda found the back of the net twice, and Jota, Callum McGregor and Hyun-Jun Yang, also added their names to the list to ensure a pleasant victory in Glasgow.

Despite not scoring any of the five goals, the star of the show – as He pointed out football After the game – he was the central midfielder Arne Engels.

Belgian ace arrived from Augsburg for Club-Record fee of £ 11 million Last summer, he has enjoyed a strong debut campaign with Scottish giants so far.

Impressive form of Arne Engels this season

Engels collected nine goals and 12 assists In all the competitions for hoops in the 2024/25 season to the present, while it closes in the achievement of double numbers for goals and assistants.

His two latest assists came in a 5-1 victory over Aberdeen as he amazed Jota to touch and pierced the ball to McGregor for his strike.

21-year-old talent created A whopping six chances In the victory over Dons, while consistently separated the defense of the opposition to create the possibilities for achieving his teammates, and won six of his seven duels in the match.

His offensive features were exposed during the 2024/25 season with Celtic, as the Belgian internationary captured his appearances in the Premiership.

As you can see in the table above, Engels was incredibly ruthless in front of the goal, missed a “great chance”, while his teammates betrayed him with his wasteful finish.

His number of five assists from ten “big chances” suggest that his fellow attackers did not take advantage of the highest quality opportunities he created for them.

While Engels should keep his place in the middle of the park along with McGregor, who scored a hit against Dons, Rodgers could make a change in his midfield ruthlessly release Reo Hatate from the starting lineup.

Why should Reo Hatate be rejected

Japan International played Opening 59 minutes Winning against Aberdeen, but failed to secure a goal or assist to contribute to victory.

This does not mean that he had a poor evening while the midfielder beat three of his four Terrible duels and completed 88% of his passage attempts, but the 27-year-old star was not on his influential best in the last third of the last weeks.

Hatate recorded only two assists, until he scored one goal, in his The last 13 appearances In all competitions for Scottish giants, with an assist against Hibernian and one against Aston Villa for Adam Idah in the Champions League.

The recent dry patches of Japanese Dinamo’s at the upper end of the terrain is a surprise because the central midfielder is a technically great player who has quality to make a big impact in the last third.

As you can see in the table above, Hatate also offered a threat to the goal scorer and the creator of high quality chances for his teammates from the middle of the position, although he fought gently in physical battles with opposition players on the deck and in the air.

However, his offensive game was not on a full screen of late, so Rodgers should drop him out of the starting lineup for this conflict with St. Mirren, liberating Luke McCowan together with Engels in the middle of the park in his place.

Why should Luke McCowan start

The Scottish star, who arrived on a permanent contract from Dundee last summer, was a great option that Rodgers called when he wanted to rotate his side of this season.

McCowan once again showed his ability at the upper end of the field when he came as a replacement against Aberdeen on Tuesday night, Helping yang -my aim with a forward passage in the box.

The left leg star scored a goal and scored two assists in his The last five appearances For hoops in all competitions, which suggests that he was in a better form than late and would be a better option to choose from the beginning of tonight.

McCowan, who was Described as a “play winner” Marvin Bartley was a reliable operator in the premiere and even surpassed Japan International, as an attacking strength, during the league campaign.

As you can see in the top table, the former Dundee star has scored more goals, created as many “big chances” as possible and registered more assists despite playing and starting smaller games in the division.

These statistics suggest that McCowan has a greater impact on the team’s offensive game, surely at the Premiership level, because the midfielder can create chances and score goals with greater correctness, and therefore could be glad to watch with Engels against St. Mirrena this evening.

Rodgers should release both attacks in the middle, as part of the middle ground, with McGregor in an attempt to re -place the opposition to re -place the ruthless representation in the last third.