Celtic take on FC Utrecht in their final Europa League group stage fixture on Thursday.
The Hoopes drew 2-2 at Bologna last Thursday, keeping them in 24th place – the final play-off spot.
Utrecht lost 2-0 at home to KRC Genk, maintaining their winless run in the competition.
Match preview
Celtic head into this fixture aiming to seal their play-off spot.
The Hoops followed up the stalemate against Bologna with another 2-2 draw with Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts on Sunday.
Under interim manager Martin O’Neill, who is in charge for the second time this season, Celtic are unbeaten at Parkhead in all competitions.
Utrecht have already been eliminated, having collected just one point in seven games – the joint-fewest in the competition. They have scored three goals and conceded 11.
The Dutch side have yet to collect a point on the road in the competition and will face a difficult task in overturning that record at Celtic.
Utrecht have met Celtic twice in the Europa League, both during the 2010/11 play-offs, losing 2-0 in the first leg before winning 4-0 in the return fixture.
Team news
Celtic are without Alistair Johnston, Callum Osmand, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Jota, Kelechi Iheanacho and Marcelo Saracchi through injury. Reo Hatate is suspended.
They have been handed a double injury boost following the return of Kieran Tierney and Marcelo Saracchi to training.
Victor Jensen, Mike Eerdhuijzen, David Min and Emirhan Demircan are all ruled out for the visitors.
Predicted line-ups
Celtic (4-3-3): Kasper Schmeichel, Kieran Tierney, Liam Scales, Auston Trusty, Colby Donovan, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Yang Hyun-Jun, Daizen Maeda.
Utrecht (4-3-3): Vasilios Barkas, Siebe Horemans, Matisse Didden, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Alonzo Engwanda,Can Bozdogan, Dani de Wit, Yoann Cathline, Sebastian Haller, Miguel Rodriguez.
Prediction
We predict a 2-0 win for Celtic.
Stats from uefa.com & whoscored.com.
