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Wednesday 19th August 2015

Deila ready for Malmo match

Celtic take on Malmo in the first leg of the Champions League play-off on Wednesday evening, live on BT Sport with a 7.45pm kick-off.

Celtic take on Malmo in the first leg of the Champions League play-off on Wednesday evening, live on BT Sport with a 7.45pm kick-off.

It's a huge game for Ronny Deila's men as they bid to take a lead to Sweden for the return leg next Tuesday, with a place in the group stage up for grabs.

Celtic defeated Qarabag of Azerbaijan 1-0 on aggregate in qualifying round three while Malmo hit back to knock out Salzburg 3-2, having lost the first match 2-0 in Austria.

Malmo are currently fifth in the Swedish league but are only four points behind joint leaders Gothenburg and Elfsborg after 20 fixture rounds.

Celtic go into the game on the back of a 4-2 home victory over Inverness Caley Thistle and have taken 10 points out of 12 in the Ladbrokes Premiership this season.

Deila told the club website: "We have had good preparation and had a good game on Saturday. Now we are finally into the last play-off game and everything is possible.

“The most important thing is to win and get a good result. We also know that getting a clean sheet is also very important in European football, so that’s what we want.

“We have done very good defensive work in European matches so far. Against Qarabag we didn’t concede any goals and scored one, and if we do that again we have a good chance."


 

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