Celtic v LASK LIVE: Champions League confirmed line-ups, team news and latest updates

Mika Baur makes his first Celtic start tonight – just six days after joining the club.

The 22-year-old midfielder was signed from Paderborn on a four-year deal and has big shoes to fill following the departure of Arne Engels, who has joined West Ham.

The German Under-21 international had his debut on Saturday in the 4-0 Scottish League Cup win at Dundee United and comes straight into the starting line-up tonight.

“He is a player with some excellent attributes, great technical ability, he will be important in linking our play and he has real versatility too,” Martin O’Neill said

Colby Donovan is preferred to Anthony Ralston at right back with Alistair Johnston sidelined, while Kieran Tierney returns at left back.

With Arne Engels gone, Mika Baur comes into midfield alongside Callum McGregor while fellow new singings Kasper Hogh and Camilo Duran also start.

Yang Hyun-jun is preferred on the wing to Sebastian Tounekti while Benjamin Nygren also starts behind Hogh.

With Alex Oxlade-Chamberland still serving a three-game due to a red card he received while playing for Besiktas in 2023, it’s three changes for Celtic.

Celtic XI: Sinisalo; Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Tierney; McGregor, Baur; Yang, Nygren, Duran; Hogh

What an extraordinary time Martin O’Neill is having. Celtic’s run to the 2003 Uefa Cup final was 23 years ago and yet the 74-year-old is back to lead Celtic towards another shot at European glory in the Champions League.

Team news will be landing from Celtic in the next few minutes.

Champions League nights at Celtic Park are special and they were desperately missed last season. The club paid the price for their complacency as they lost to Kairat Almaty in the play-offs and the scars of that defeat will linger over tonight’s clash with LASK, the champions of Austria. Kick-off is at 8pm.