Celtic host LASK Linz in Champions League qualifying

Recent form

Celtic have won four of their last five, including a 4-0 victory over DUN on 15 August and a 5-1 win against KIL four days earlier. Their only dropped points in that run came in a 2-2 draw with MIL in late July.

LASK Linz arrive in Glasgow on a similar trajectory. They have also won four of their last five, most recently a 4-1 victory over SJR on 14 August. Their sole defeat in that sequence was a 2-1 loss to FEN in mid-July, since which they have beaten GRA 3-0 and VIE 2-0.

The wider picture

Celtic's summer has included the signing of Haissem Hassan, Celtic beat Marseille to Egypt's World Cup revelation, while the club continues to navigate the kind of scrutiny that comes with being one half of Scottish football's most scrutinised fixture. Wednesday's qualifier offers a different kind of test — continental opposition arriving in form and with four wins from five to match the hosts' own run.

Lineups had not been announced at the time of writing. Kick-off at Celtic Park is 20:00 on Wednesday 19 August.

Confirmed line-ups

Celtic (4-3-3): Viljami Sinisalo, Auston Trusty, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kieran Tierney, Colby Donovan, Benjamin Nygren, Mika Baur, Callum McGregor, Kasper Høgh, Yang Hyun-Jun, Camilo Durán

LASK Linz (3-5-2): Lukas Jungwirth, Alemão, Andrés Andrade, Xavier Mbuyamba, Sascha Horvath, Krystof Danek, Robert Ljubicic, George Bello, Kasper Jørgensen, Moses Usor, Samuel Adeniran

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