Two clubs chasing UEFA Europa League glory will do battle today in a match between Astra and Celtic. The group-stage match scheduled for 1 p.m. ET will be held at Marin Anastasovski Stadium in Giurgiu and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Soccer Plus.
What They're Saying
Celtic Manager Ronny Deila (via BBC): "I am happy with the position [we are in]. If we win, we have a very good chance of going through and it would be the biggest achievement of my career. It will be very big. We are talking about Europe now. It is hard to compare achievements, but there are more teams in the tournament and it is much bigger to go through in Europe than be a champion in Norway."
"Of course, we want to have every player available, but we are lucky at Celtic that we have a very big squad," he added. "We really believe we can win, but we know it's going to be a tough game. We had a tough game at Celtic Park and away it's going to be even more difficult. We need to keep on improving as we have in the last month and hopefully we get three points."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Celtic's Stefan Scepovic has one goal in Europa League play. Always a threat in the air, the 24-year-old has won four aerials in the competition.
Astra's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Lung; Youssef, Morals, Oros, Pliatsikas; Yahaya, Enache, Laban, Rus, Amorim; Budescu
Celtic's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Gordon; Izaguirre, Dijk, Denayer, Ambrose; Brown, Johansen, Tonev, Wakaso, Kayal; Scepovic
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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