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Celtic v RB Salzburg: Europa League – live!
Europa League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offArsenal v Qarabag - follow it live with Paul Doyle!Live scores: keep up to date with all the Europa League goalsEmail Simon with any thoughts or tweet @Simon_Burnton 7.56pm GMT The players are in the tunnel. 7.51pm GMT Rangers are out of the Europa League after losing 1-0 at Rapid Vienna. Kick-off at Celtic is 10 minutes away. 7.39pm GMT Rapid Vienna have taken an 84th-minute lead against Rangers, who now need two goals to survive. Follow the latest with Scott Murray here: Related: Rapid Vienna v Rangers: Europa League – live! 7.11pm GMT Important clarification: 7.05pm GMT The team sheets are in, and these are the names upon them:Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Benkovic, Simunovic, Tierney, Forrest, McGregor, Rogic, Sinclair, Christie, Edouard. Subs: Bain, Izaguirre, Brown, Hayes, Morgan, Ntcham, Ajer. Red Bull Salzburg: Walke, Lainer, Ramalho, Onguene, Ulmer, Mwepu, Samassekou, Wolf, Junuzovic, Minamino, Dabbur. Subs: Stankovic, Prevljak, Daka, Gulbrandsen, Leitgeb, Pongracic, Todorovic. Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France). The #CelticFC team news is in...Here's how the Bhoys will line up against @RedBullSalzburg. #UEL pic.twitter.com/wsg9rZiDfZUnsere Elf gegen @CelticFC! #CELFCS #UnserBewerb pic.twitter.com/J6V7goFhcU 5.00pm GMT The good news: Celtic have a 100% home record in the Europa League this season, having beaten both Leipzig and Rosenborg at Celtic Park, and Red Bull Salzburg have no reason to try particularly hard, having already snagged top spot in Group B with a 100% record over their first five games (though unhelpfully their manager, Marco Rose, promises his side will “give everything”). On the downside, Red Bull are good enough to have a 100% record after five games, and with Leipzig three points behind, with superior goal difference and at home to pointless Rosenborg, defeat is likely to spell elimination.Celtic have won 10 and drawn two of the 10 games they have played since their visit to Leipzig in late October, and 12 of the 13 games since they lost in Salzburg at the start of that month, and thus go into the game in the finest of fettle. “We know it’s going to be really tough against a top-class side. But we get the chance to show the great confidence and belief we’ve had from virtually just after the game when we played them,” says Brendan Rodgers. Continue reading......read full article
