Celtic vs RB Salzburg: What do Hoops need to qualify from Europa League Group B? Results permutations explained

Celtic welcome Europa League Group B leaders RB Salzburg to Glasgow this week, knowing that all that stands between themselves and European football after Christmas is a point.

Brendan Rodgers will surely send his side out in search for goals, rather than tempt fate. A loss could combine with an RB Leipzig win horribly to send both Red Bull sides through and the Hoops out of the competition.

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Celtic lost the away tie in Austria 3-1, but will hope home support can drive them onto a win and into the pot for the last 32.

Here is everything you need to know about the possible permutations of the match.

How things stand

Europa League Group B

Permutations

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It’s all relatively straightforward, given Celtic cannot top the group and are three points clear of Leipzig.

If Leipzig win:

Celtic need to draw or win to go through. A loss would mean that the position would go down to head to head results, in which RB Leipzig have a superior record. Celtic’s European interest would end.

If Leipzig draw or lose:

Celtic go through as runners up. They don’t even need a point.