Celtic face Suduva in the Europa League play-off round on Thursday evening.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will be looking to get his side back on track in Europe with a win over FK Suduva, as the Lithuanian side stand in the way of the Scottish champions and the Europa League group stage.
Rodgers saw his side fail to earn their place in the Champions League group stage for the third consecutive season against AEK Athens last time out, suffering a 3-2 aggregate loss to the Greek outfit.
It means the Hoops now enter the Europa League play-off stage for a place in the group stages of the lesser European competition, and face Suduva on Thursday evening in Lithuania.
Rodgers has a number of tough decisions to make to his side ahead of the clash, including who to play at centre-back while Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths will be fighting it out for a place up front.
But at right-back, the re-emergence of Costa Rica international Cristian Gamboa has threatened what seemed to be one of the safest positions in the starting eleven. Mikael Lustig was the club’s first-choice right-back throughout the 2017-18 term.
Some Celtic fans are desperate to see 5ft 7in Gamboa make just his seventh appearance in just under 10 months, playing only three times last season. One fan said it would be a “disgrace” if Gamboa did not start.
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