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BBC Scotland at the Red Bull Arena

Celtic fans have been congregating all day in the main square in Leipzig, enjoying the German beer and autumn sunshine.

They've only seen their team win once in their last 13 matches on the road in the Champions League, and never in Germany.

"You'll Never Walk Alone", has just been played over the tannoy. Is today the fans see a rare victory on the road?

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That weekend win lifted the hosts up to 11th in the Bundesliga after a rather dreadful start to the season.

Domenico Tedesco may have won the club's first major trophy last season, with German Cup final success, but that wasn't enough to spare the head coach from the chop last month.

After just one victory from five league games, the final straw was a shock 4-1 home loss to Shakhtar Donetsk in this competition.

Since Marco Rose came in they have enjoyed two comfortable home Bundesliga wins against Borussia Dortmund and Bochum and been thumped away by Borussia Monchengladbach, while Real Madrid struck twice in the last 10 minutes to beat them at the Santiago Bernabeu.

At yesterday's media conference, Leipzig head coach Marco Rose revealed that he enjoyed watching Celtic, picking out Japanese trio; Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda, as players to watch.

"You have to say, it’s great fun to watch Glasgow Celtic, especially their Japanese players," he said. "It’s very noticeable how strongly these guys shape the game.

"They’re small, bustling and extremely uncomfortable (to play against), especially in one-on-ones. They also have a great mentality. They can decide the game with their individual actions.

"Overall Celtic have a very exciting and clear game idea. Similar to us, they try to interpret football actively, to align the game offensively and to put the opponent under pressure."

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"Every team you play is a top-quality side so you know that irrespective of what has happened before and what games you have got ahead, the next task is to take on the challenge that is before you," said Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou yesterday.

"We just need to keep performing at the levels we can.

"The first two games have been pretty good from a performance perspective.

"We felt we did well for about an hour in the first game but we did fall away, the second game, our performances was strong.

"But we are under no illusions, this is going to be another massive challenge for us."

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Moritz Jenz, 23, has played both Champions League games this season, but that's it for his experience on this stage. Fellow central defender Stephen Welsh, 22, is getting his first taste of the tournament.

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Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland at the Red Bull Arena

The Red Bull Arena is a merging of the old East German style architecture and the modern drinks brand.

As you come in you're met with a big old fashioned block of a building, which links through to the shiny big red bowl which will host 47,000 fans come kick off.

The Celtic end is filling up towards its 3,000 capacity, and the big drum has already started...

The home side make one change in defence after Saturday's 4-0 win over Bochum, with left-back David Raum taking over from Marcel Halstenberg. Both are German internationals which gives you a flavour of the squad depth Leipzig have.

Timo Werner and Christopher Nkunku both scored twice in the weekend victory.

Andre Silva will spearhead the attack, with Werner in behind, while Nkunku and Hungary star Dominik Szoboszlai like to cut in from out wide. It's a front four full of menace.

Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer and Dani Olmo are notable absentees through injury.

Celtic stick with the starting XI from Saturday's 2-1 win over Motherwell.

With Cameron Carter-Vickers and Carl Starfelt still sidelined, Stephen Welsh and Mortiz Jenz are paired in central defence for the third game running.

Giorgos Giakoumakis has recovered from an ankle problem to take a place on the bench, while Aaron Mooy has picked up an injury and there's no sign of David Turnbull.

Liel Ababa has not travelled due to his observance of Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi, Simakan, Orban, Raum, Gvardiol, Schlager, Kampl, Szoboszlai, Nkunku, Werner, Andre Silva.

Substitutes: Blaswich, Halstenberg, Poulsen, Forsberg, Diallo, Novoa, Henrichs, Haidara.

Celtic: Hart, Juranovic, Jenz, Welsh, Taylor, McGregor, Hatate, O'Riley, Jota, Maeda, Kyogo.

Substitutes: Siegrist, Bain, Ralston, Barnabei, Forrest, Haksabanovic, Abildgaard, Giakoumakis, McCarthy, Robertson.

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RB Leipzig and Celtic go in search of their first win in Champions League Group F.

The German hosts are yet to get off the mark following defeats to Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid, while Celtic have one point courtesy of their draw with the Ukrainian side.

If the Spaniards run away with it, the race for second and third is wide open.

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