Roma arrive in Glasgow off the back of two narrow defeats as they try to maintain their domestic and European challenge.
I Giallorossi were beaten 1-0 by champions Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico after the international break, a result that knocked them off top spot, something they had achieved for the first time in a decade.
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They were then beaten by the same scoreline in Sardinia by Cagliari on Sunday having been reduced to 10 men owing to a red card shown to Turkey right-back Zeki Celik.
Roma remain just four points off the pacesetters and continue to have the best defence in Serie A, albeit they are the lowest scorers in the top 10.
In the Europa League, they are close to securing a place in the knockouts with one more win required. They defeated Celtic’s conquerors, Midtjylland, last time out, which will serve as a warning to the Scottish champions given the lesson they received against the same opponents in Denmark last month.
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Gian Piero Gasperini’s men have already won in Glasgow this season when they swept Rangers aside just over a month ago and will be determined to inflict more misery on the infancy of Wilfried Nancy’s Parkhead reign.
The Romans arrive without last season’s top scorer, Artem Dovbyk, among others, but this will be a huge examination of Celtic’s own knockout credentials.
[BBC]