LASK Linz v Celtic: Champions League qualifying returns

The task facing LASK

LASK come into this one having won three of their last five matches, but that run includes the 3-0 defeat to Celtic. The single head-to-head meeting saw Celtic win 3-0. Turning around a three-goal deficit in a European tie is rare enough that LASK will need something close to a perfect evening — and Celtic have been in sharp form themselves, winning four of their last five.

Celtic's recent run

The visitors arrive in Linz with four wins and a draw from their last five matches, the draw being a 2-2 result v MIL. That sequence includes wins by margins of 5-1, 4-0 and 3-0, the last of those being the first leg of this tie. With a three-goal cushion already in hand, Celtic can afford to play the occasion rather than chase it. Whether LASK can generate the kind of pressure that forces an error is the question the evening will answer.

Flagside recently covered Celtic host LASK Linz in Champions League qualifying ahead of the first leg.

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