Celtic's most likely Champions League knockout round opponent revealed

Celtic are most likely to come up against either PSV or Benfica if they reach the play-offs of the Champions League. They drew 1-1 with Club Brugge on Wednesday night in their latest outing of the competition.

Defender Cameron Carter-Vickers scored an own goal in the first-half and they went into the interval 1-0 down. The Hoops fought back in the second-half and equalised through attacker Daizen Maeda and that is how the score stayed.

They now have three games left to play in the Champions League against Dynamo Zagreb, Young Boys and Aston Villa. Celtic are sat in 20th place out of 36 teams in the table. As per Football Meets Data on X, here is who they are likely to face if they make the play-offs...

Most likely UCL KO play-off pairings (as of 28 Nov): 6.0% Brest - Real Madrid 5.8% Lille - Feyenoord 5.7% Benfica - Juventus 5.6% Celtic - PSV 5.6% Monaco - Benfica 5.5% Brest - PSV 5.5% Celtic - Benfica

Celtic remain on track and haven’t been doing too badly in Europe in this campaign. In terms of their performance in the Scottish Premiership, they are top above Aberdeen by two points.

The Hoops are back in action this weekend with a home match against Ross County as they look to keep their momentum and stay unbeaten. Rodgers’ men have proved to be a tough nut to crack and will want to pull away from the Dons in 2nd and further apart from underperforming Rangers in 3rd.

‘Bit disappointed’...

Speaking after their draw with Club Brugge, former manager Neil Lennon said: "I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the performance. I thought Brugge at times looked the far superior side and it was a bit of individual brilliance from Maeda to get the goal back.

"Then Celtic sort of huffed and puffed but I don't remember Mignolet having to make too many good saves, whereas at the other end of the pitch, they've had a goal disallowed, Schmiechel's made a great save just after half-time and the kid Olsen's missed a volley at the far post. He should have scored.

"I was so impressed with Brugge but you've got to take the point and Celtic will be better for it. But I always think at home, you've got to win these games. Brugge were content to sit in and soak up any pressure Celtic had to throw at them. I always felt they looked the more dangerous side. They were really slick, some of their one-touch passing on the counter attack was really good.

"It's a learning process. Going into the game, the momentum was with Celtic. But I have to hold my hands up and say Brugge really surprised me. I thought they were really impressive. The way they played, they were so brave and they kept the crowd quiet for long periods of the game. I have to say, they are the best side I've seen at Celtic Park this year."