Celtic vs AC Milan Probable playing 11

Only Real Madrid (13) has won the European Cup / Champions League more times than AC Milan (seven), but have had to settle for secondary competition from the mainland for a while. The last time Milan were in the Europa League was eliminated from the 2018/19 group stage, finishing third behind Real Betis and Olympiakos. But the Rossoneri are in excellent form this season and will be driven by the victory of the weekend on rivals Inter Milan.Two former European Cup champions go head to head in the Europa League on Thursday when AC Milan host Celtic at Celtic Park (20:00 kick-off).

Only Real Madrid (13) has won the European Cup / Champions League more times than AC Milan (seven), but have had to settle for secondary competition from the mainland for a while. The last time Milan were in the Europa League was eliminated from the 2018/19 group stage, finishing third behind Real Betis and Olympiakos. But the Rossoneri are in excellent form this season and will be driven by the victory of the weekend on rivals Inter Milan.

Celtic, meanwhile, began the campaign in the Champions League qualifying rounds but lost in the competition once again, securing their place in the Europa League again. Last season, reached the round of 32 before being eliminated by FC Copenhagen. And unlike Milan, Celtic enter the game on the back of a derby defeat, losing 2-0 to Rangers.

Although these two sides have met 10 times in major European competitions so far, this will be the first in the Europa League, with only Celtic WIN against Milan from October 2007.

Celtic (vs Rangers): Barkas; Welsh, Ajer, Duffy; Frimpong, McGregor, Brown, Ntcham, Laxalt; Elyounoussi, Klimala.

AC Milan (vs Inter Milan) Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Bennacer, Kessie; Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu, Leao; Ibrahimovic.