Achtung
03 Nov 2008, 11:00 PM
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Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Time: 7:45 pm (UK), 2:45 pm (US Eastern), 11:45 (US Pacific)
Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow
Television: Sky Sports 2 (UK), ESPN2 (US)
Humbled at Old Trafford on Matchday 3, Celtic FC must seek to produce another night of heroics on home soil when Manchester United FC come to town for the second instalment of the teams' back-to-back meetings.
• Gordon Strachan's Scottish champions claimed a memorable 1-0 victory when United made their maiden visit to Celtic Park two years ago – a result that helped the Glasgow side reach the UEFA Champions League first knockout round for the first time.
• Then, however, they went into the match with the confidence gained from having pushed United all the way in an earlier 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford. This time, by contrast, Celtic returned north from Manchester a well-beaten side after going down 3-0 to goals from Dimitar Berbatov (30, 51) and Wayne Rooney (76) on Matchday 3.
• Rather than contemplating qualification, therefore, they will enter the contest with the more modest ambition of just keeping their hopes alive having taken only one point from three matches so far. Level with Aalborg BK at the foot of Group E, Celtic will be eliminated if they lose and Villarreal CF take a point or more at AaB.
• There are no such worries for reigning European and English champions United, who can secure a last-16 berth if they win in Sir Alex Ferguson's home city and AaB fail to defeat Villarreal in Denmark. They could also qualify with a draw should AaB lose.
• United will travel full of confidence given their unbeaten away record in the competition now stretches back seven matches. So far in Group E, they have drawn 0-0 with Villarreal then defeated AaB 3-0 in Denmark prior to beating Celtic.
• As if to underline the sides' contrasting fortunes, Celtic are the only team in the group stage still to score a goal while United, together with Chelsea FC, are one of only two outfits yet to concede.
• Celtic can at least draw encouragement from their formidable home record in the competition. They have lost just one of their last eleven UEFA Champions League games in Glasgow's east end – a 3-2 defeat by FC Barcelona in last season's first knockout round. Indeed Barcelona, who also won 3-1 at Celtic Park in 2004/05, are the only visiting team to have beaten the Bhoys on their own turf, where 18 previous matches have yielded 12 wins and four draws.
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302738/index.html
..........................................versus
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Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Time: 7:45 pm (UK), 2:45 pm (US Eastern), 11:45 (US Pacific)
Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow
Television: Sky Sports 2 (UK), ESPN2 (US)
Humbled at Old Trafford on Matchday 3, Celtic FC must seek to produce another night of heroics on home soil when Manchester United FC come to town for the second instalment of the teams' back-to-back meetings.
• Gordon Strachan's Scottish champions claimed a memorable 1-0 victory when United made their maiden visit to Celtic Park two years ago – a result that helped the Glasgow side reach the UEFA Champions League first knockout round for the first time.
• Then, however, they went into the match with the confidence gained from having pushed United all the way in an earlier 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford. This time, by contrast, Celtic returned north from Manchester a well-beaten side after going down 3-0 to goals from Dimitar Berbatov (30, 51) and Wayne Rooney (76) on Matchday 3.
• Rather than contemplating qualification, therefore, they will enter the contest with the more modest ambition of just keeping their hopes alive having taken only one point from three matches so far. Level with Aalborg BK at the foot of Group E, Celtic will be eliminated if they lose and Villarreal CF take a point or more at AaB.
• There are no such worries for reigning European and English champions United, who can secure a last-16 berth if they win in Sir Alex Ferguson's home city and AaB fail to defeat Villarreal in Denmark. They could also qualify with a draw should AaB lose.
• United will travel full of confidence given their unbeaten away record in the competition now stretches back seven matches. So far in Group E, they have drawn 0-0 with Villarreal then defeated AaB 3-0 in Denmark prior to beating Celtic.
• As if to underline the sides' contrasting fortunes, Celtic are the only team in the group stage still to score a goal while United, together with Chelsea FC, are one of only two outfits yet to concede.
• Celtic can at least draw encouragement from their formidable home record in the competition. They have lost just one of their last eleven UEFA Champions League games in Glasgow's east end – a 3-2 defeat by FC Barcelona in last season's first knockout round. Indeed Barcelona, who also won 3-1 at Celtic Park in 2004/05, are the only visiting team to have beaten the Bhoys on their own turf, where 18 previous matches have yielded 12 wins and four draws.
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302738/index.html