Christopher Jullien mops up a Lazio attack then pings a glorious long ball into the path of a galloping Odsonne Edouard. The striker manages to muscle his way past the only defender in sight but goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha is out swiftly to block at his feet.

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BBC Sport Scotland at Celtic Park

Phenomenal energy and fitness from Celtic in the first half hour. Pressing high, snapping into challenges, basically not giving any of the Lazio players a minute’s peace. Can they maintain this intensity for the full 90 minutes? If they can, a good result could well be on the cards for the home side.

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Former Scotland forward on BBC Radio Scotland

Joaquin Correa and Scott Brown are embroiled in a mighty tussle, with the Lazio forward having a couple of hacks at the Celtic captain but Brown stays on his feet, shielding the ball for all he's worth until the referee finally blows for a foul.

A huge cheer from the home crowd as Brown just smiles at his frustrated opponent.

The visitors make a mess of a counter-attack and Celtic have a bit of room to work in. The ball is moved swiftly to James Forrest but the winger runs into trouble, closed out by three defenders.

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Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

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Lazio earn a corner and the noise level at Celtic Park dips momentarily. Jony with the delivery, Jacinto Quissanga with the header - straight into the arms of Fraser Forster.

It's been brisk from Celtic so far and Ryan Christie is a whisker away from opening the scoring as his scorching shot from 22 yards clips the outside of the post.

Cluj have taken the lead away to Rennes in Group E, Ciprian Deac with the opening goal.

Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

Good work from Christopher Jullien and Ryan Christie leads to a Celtic corner. The delivery is repelled and Elyounoussi over-hits a pass to the marauding Bolingoli as the referee waves play on after Scott Brown is wiped out near the edge of the box.

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Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

The scurrying James Forrest cuts in from the right and feeds a pass into the feet of Odsonne Edouard. The Celtic striker takes a touch then spins to shoot on the edge of the six yard box but the sliding Jacinto Quissanga makes a terrific goal-saving block.

And away we go.

The action comes thick and fast on these Europa League nights.

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Handshakes done at Celtic Park. We are moments away from kick off.

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Only five Lazio players who start the game at Celtic Park tonight began the 3-3 draw with Atalanta in Serie A at the weekend.

It seems the Rome side might have their focus on domestic duties rather than Europa League sucess. Their talisman, Italian marksman Ciro Immobile, is among the substitues despite having scored 10 goals this term.

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BBC Sport Scotland at Celtic Park

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Many of the Lazio fans are already inside Celtic Park but a group was filmed walking through Glasgow city centre making Nazi salutes earlier on Thursday.

There’s a dark cloud hanging over this match, with the visiting fans already bringing punishment on their club for racist behaviour in a previous Europa League match in this group.

Much has been made of Uefa’s three-step protocol after England’s match in Bulgaria was stopped twice when some of Gareth Southgate’s players were racially abused.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon, backed up by midfielder Ryan Christie, says he’ll have no problem with his players coming off if they’re racially abused at Celtic Park this evening. We also have the same referee who handled the England match last week and had to deal with racist behaviour from fans - Ivan Bebek from Croatia.

Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on Sportsound