Postpublished at 61mins
Copenhagen 1-1 Celtic
Ryan Christie is so close to restoring Celtic's lead, but it would have been a stroke of fortune if he had as his inswinging cross beats everyone but drifts just wide of the far post.
Summary
FT: Rangers (Hagi x2, Aribo) 3-2 Braga (Fransergio, Abel Ruiz)
Fransergio hits a stunning strike to open the scoring at Ibrox
Abel Ruiz drills in visitors' second before Ianis Hagi thunders home response for Rangers
Substitute Joe Aribo weaves through Braga defence to guide in equaliser with Hagi's deflected free-kick coming seven minutes later
FT: Copenhagen (N'Doye) 1-1 Celtic (Edouard)
Postpublished at 61mins
Elyounoussi on for Ntchampublished at 59mins
Copenhagen 1-1 Celtic
Olivier Ntcham has had a poor start to the first half and is hooked by manager Neil Lennon, with on-loan Southampton winger Mohamed Elyounoussi the Frenchman's replacement.
Postpublished at 57mins
Copenhagen 1-1 Celtic
Great chance for Celtic on the break. It's two against two as Callum McGregor charges forward towards the edge of the penalty box, but the midfielder decides to go for goal instead of slipping in the unmarked Odsonne Edouard but lashes well over the crossbar.
'Disaster start to second half'published at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 1-1 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundQuote MessageNtcham delayed on the edge of the box in area where you can't take chances. N'Doye took it well across the goalkeeper, but it's a disaster of a start for Celtic in the second half
GOAL Copenhagen 1-1 Celticpublished at 52mins
Dame N'Doye
Celtic are stung by that Copenhagen start and pay the penalty as Olivier Ntcham loses possession outside his own penalty box.
Rasmus Falk dinks the ball through Celtic legs and Dame N'Doye fires in off the inside of the far post for the Senegal striker's 10th goal of the season in the 34-year-old's second spell at the Danish club.
Image source, BBC SportCopenhagen upping tempopublished at 19:09 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundQuote MessageCopenhagen have had a volley from their manager. He's got into their minds and hearts to up the tempo and they've done that
YELLOW CARD Oviedo (Copenhagen)published at 48mins
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Copenhagen wide-man Bryan Oviedo is booked following a frustrated haul back of Ryan Christie after delivering a fine cross that just fails to pay dividends.
The sliding Michael Santos is unable to direct it towards goal under pressure and Oviedo prevents Celtic making a quick counter-attack.
KICK-OFFpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Back to Denmark and Copenhagen get the second half under way. Can Celtic build on that fine first half against Danish champions who look to be ring rusty after their winter break.
Barisic back as Jack serves suspensionpublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Rangers v Braga (20:00)
Steven Gerrard makes two changes to the side that beat Livingston 1-0 at Ibrox on Sunday.
Borna Barisic returns to the starting line-up in place of Andy Halliday. The Croatia left-back sat out recent games against Kilmarnock and Livingston with a thigh injury.
Midfielder Glen Kamara comes in for Ryan Jack, who is suspended.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Alfredo Morelos (right) will against lead the line for Rangers
LINE-UPS from Ibrox Stadiumpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Rangers v Sporting Braga (20:00)
Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Katic, Barisic, Kamara, Davis, Arfield, Hagi, Kent, Morelos.
Substitutes: Foderingham, Halliday, Edmundson, Aribo, Barker, Stewart, Kamberi.
Sporting Clube de Braga: Matheus, Nuno Sequeira, Ruiz, Wallace, Paulinho, Fransérgio, Raúl Silva, Bruno Viana, Ricardo Esgaio, Joao Palhinha, Francisco.
Substitutes: Tiago, Viana, Andre Horta, Joao Novias, Rui Fonte R Horta, Galeno.
Contrasting fortunespublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Rangers v Braga (20:00)
It’s been a testing start to 2020 for Rangers and Steven Gerrard. Having finished last year on the high of winning away at Celtic Park, they now find themselves 10 points behind their Old Firm rivals.
But Gerrard's men have managed to raise their game in Europe. They’ve never lost a European game at home under the former England midfielder and are unbeaten in 15 home games since losing to Celtic in September.
In contrast, Braga had a disappointing start to their season but have found their feet in 2020. They are a distant third in the league, 16 points behind Porto and a further point adrift of Benfica.
But, since former Portugal midfielder Ruben Amorim stepped up from coaching the club's B team at Christmas, they have won eight out of nine games, drawing the other, and last weekend registered their first away victory over Benfica at the Stadium of Light in 65 years.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Braga manager Ruben Amorim
Pitch not perfectpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Rangers v Braga (20:00)
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard branded the state of the Ibrox turf "awful" earlier this month as five games in the space of two and a half weeks, during a period when Glasgow has been battered with torrential rain, took their toll.
Tonight's game goes ahead, but Braga were denied their traditional eve-of-match look at the playing surface as Rangers' ground staff battled to make sure the game survived the elements.
They did manage to complete their preparations at Rangers' Hummel Training Centre, however.
Braga assistant head coach Micael Sequeira said: "Naturally, we would have preferred to train in the stadium. It would have been important for us to do that, but it just wasn't possible. We just had to make the best of it and use the other Rangers facilities."
Image source, SNSImage caption, Rangers' Scottish Premiership tie with Livingston was put back by 24 hours due to a waterlogged pitch
VAR lands in Glasgowpublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Rangers v Braga (20:00)
Celtic and Rangers are both facing possible trial by video referee for the first time tonight...
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End of twitter post'Elegant Celtic in full control'published at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
HT: Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland in CopenhagenIt’s no exaggeration to suggest that this tie, never mind this match, could have been settled by Storm Celtic in the first 15 minutes.
A yellow and green tornado ripped through the flimsy white wall of any Copenhagen resistance as Odsonne Edouard wreaked havoc, much as he has done in Scotland this season.
As it stands, the Scottish champions are in a very strong position, a sumptuous goal to the good, the deft chip from Edouard doing full justice to the elegance of the Celtic move leading up to it.
That was on 13 minutes. Neil Lennon’s men have been in full control ever since. The tie is only a quarter old, but the job may already be half done.
HALF-TIME Copenhagen 0-1 Celticpublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen squander a late chance with an overhit corner kick and the whistle goes with Celtic in a commanding position after a blistering start by Neil Lennon's side.
Odsonne Edouard was foiled twice by Karl-Johan Johnsson before he chipped in to give the visitors an early lead.
At the other end, Fraser Forster has been untroubled by the home attack.
It is a narrow lead, but Celtic are well in control.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 45mins
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
One last chance of the first half for Celtic as Ryan Christie floats in a deep free-kick, but Christopher Jullien's downward header is straight at goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson.
Postpublished at 44mins
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
We are a minute or so away from half time, the game has fallen into a bit of a midfield rut, but Celtic won't mind if it stays like this.
Leg man Patpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundQuote MessageIf Celtic keep the tempo up, keep the ball moving sharp and make Copenhagen run, I think they will have better legs than them as the game goes on. Every player is comfortable on the ball. It looks like there's no nerves in the way they want to play tonight
No exaggeration...published at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
High praise indeed.
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End of twitter postSpaces to exploit for Celticpublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2020
Copenhagen 0-1 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundQuote MessageThere's lots of good situations arising for Celtic, but if they could get that first touch and the control right, there's lots of space for them to exploit. I think there's more goals in this one for them and, if they do, they would be in a really commanding situation