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Europa League Preview: Celtic facing crucial clash, Liverpool poised

Celtic are staring at elimination but captain Scott Brown fancies the Scottish champions' chances at home to Ajax as they look to stay alive in the Europa League.

Brown and his team-mates welcome Ajax to Parkhead on Thursday, with Celtic still searching for their first win in the competition this season.

If Fenerbahce win, the Turkish side will be through, but Brown is upbeat heading into matchday five, pointing to Celtic's opening 2-2 draw at Ajax in September.

"Ajax have always produced good players and they have some in the current team," he said.

"We've played them quite often in recent years and I enjoyed that. Hopefully, I'll be able to enjoy this one as well.

"We did well in Amsterdam and we need to take the positives from that game.  I think we showed that we could hurt them. It was just a pity that Emilio Izaguirre was sent off over there and they came back to equalise, but these things happen in football and we need to bounce back.

"A clean sheet would be good, but, as long as we score more goals than they do, I don't really mind."

Group L leaders Athletic Bilbao play Augsburg away from home, while AZ Alkmaar welcome Partizan to AFAS Stadion.