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Brown, Ambrose, McGregor and Griffiths in to face Salzburg

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BrownRonnie Deila has made four changes to the Celtic side that faces Salzburg from the team that beat Dundee 2-1 on Saturday.

Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Efe Ambrose all come into the side with Jason Denayer, Kris Commons, James Forrest and the iunelegible John Guidetti missing out.

A win tonight will guarantee Celtic a place in the last 32 of the competition with Deila going for it with extensive changes to the shape of the side.

Looking forward to the match the Celtic boss said: “There have been a lot of big games this season but this is important because if we win we go top of the group and go through.

“It is a good game as well. We are going to meet a very good opponent and we will be tested at the highest level. They are very different from a lot of the other teams we have met.

“They are very aggressive, intense with their pressure and direct in their play. We have to cope with that but we are quite used to that in the Scottish league, it is also a direct league with intensity.

“So it is a game that will suit us and we saw that when we played them away we can handle it. If we win the game we are in the position we want to be so we are really up for the game. There was a lot of energy in the training today so I am looking forward to it.”

In tonight’s other Group D  match Astra host Dinamo Zagreb.

CELTIC Gordon: Matthews, Izaguirre, Ambrose, van Dijk, Mulgrew, Brown, Johansen, McGregor, Stokes, Griffiths
SUBS: Zaluska, Bitton, Commons, Tonev, Kayal, Scepovic, Forrest

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