Celtic will face either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League Play Offs. After a night of permutations in Europe’s top competition, Celtic were beaten by Aston Villa in an enthralling game at Villa Park.

Morgan Rogers scored hat-trick and Ollie Watkins opened his Champions League account as Aston Villa beat Celtic 4-2 in a breathtaking game to seal their last-16 spot on Wednesday. Rogers gave Villa a barnstorming start by scoring twice inside the opening five minutes,

After going behind 2-0 in a shocking opening five minutes, Celtic composed themselves as Adam Idah’s late first-half double battered Aston Villa to go in at the break level. However, Ollie Watkins sealed the win for Villa as Celtic lost for just the fifth time in 21 games against English opposition in Europe.

Celtic face Aston Villa in Birmingham this afternoon as Brendan Rodgers’ side look to close out the new-look league phase with a result against Unai Emery’s side. However, Celtic go into the game with a number of absences from last weekend.

Aston Villa take on Celtic at Villa Park in the final round of fixtures in the Champions League ’s initial league phase, with an automatic qualification place potentially on the line. Unai Emery ’s side sit in ninth at the start of the day and just one point behind Bayer Leverkusen, who occupy the final automatic qualification spot.

Morgan Rogers scored hat-trick and Ollie Watkins opened his Champions League account as Aston Villa beat Celtic 4-2 in a breathtaking game to seal their last-16 spot on Wednesday.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is confident his side can "make it difficult" for either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the Champions League play-off round, but admits it will be a "huge challenge".

Aston Villa and Celtic had potential automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 up for grabs.

Celtic will complete the league phase of their UEFA Champions League campaign tonight (Wednesday) when they take on Aston Villa in Birmingham. The Hoops have already qualified for the knockout

The Rangers boss made the quip upon being unveiled at Ibrox and the words ring truer to this day than they did then

Liam Scales is convinced Adam Idah can fill the void left by Kyogo and become the main man at Celtic.