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Familiar face chosen to referee Salzburg v Celtic

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Celtic will be a familiar sight to Serhiy Boiko  when he takes charge of tomorrow’s Europa League tie with Salzburg.

The Ukranian referee was in charge of Celtic’s trip to Astra in 2014 and the Cliftonville qualifier in Belfast a year earlier.

The 41-year-old hasn’t taken charge of any Champions League group stage matches but has five years experience of Europa League qualifiers to call on.

Celtic are widely available at 5/1 to win in Austria with the bookies unconvinced by Celtic’s recent form despite beating Rosenborg 1-0 on the opening day of the Europa League.

While Celtic were beating the Norwegians, RB Salzburg were earning an impressive 3-2 win away to RB Leipzig.

After the trip to Austria Celtic face the other half of the RB double act when they travel to Leipzig on matchday 3.

In their only previous European ties Celtic drew 2-2 away to Salzburg although the Austrians ran out comfortable 3-1 winners in Glasgow.

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