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Alan Galindo

Celtic starting team news vs Shakhtar as Giorgos Giakoumakis and Kyogo Furuhashi BOTH start

Ange Postecoglou has named the Celtic team he hopes can get off the mark in the Champions League and keep hopes of playing European football after Christmas alive.

The Hoops are yet to taste victory in the group stage with just one point from four outings. That draw came in the reverse fixture with Shakhtar Donetsk in a game the Scottish champions created more than enough chances to win. They will go into tonight's game with real belief and if they can win they will move to within a point of the Ukrainian outfit going into the final fixture with the chance of Europa League football.

But before Celtic think towards next week, all focus will be on tonight's clash with another packed out European night under the lights at Parkhead. Postecoglou and his troops go into this one off the back of a seven-goal thriller against Hearts at Tynecastle. VAR made its big debut in Scotland and it had its worked out in the capital alone. It proved to be a big result for the Parkhead side with Rangers dropping points at home to Livingston to create a four-point cushion in top spot.

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