Celtic & Rangers Learn Potential Play-off Opponents

Celtic will meet Slovan Bratislava aliases Kairat Almaty successful nan Champions League play-off round.

If Scottish Premiership runners-up Rangers get past Viktoria Plzen successful nan 3rd information of qualifying, they return connected either RB Salzburg aliases Club Brugge.

The play-off ties will return spot complete 19/20 August and 26/27 August, pinch nan winners progressing to nan convention shape of nan tournament.

The losers complete 2 legs will driblet into nan Europa League astatine nan convention shape stage.

If Rangers suffer retired to Czech broadside Viktoria Plzen, that besides secures a spot successful nan convention shape of nan Europa League.

Celtic hammered Slovan Bratislava 5-1 successful Glasgow past play connected their measurement to a 21st-place decorativeness successful nan Champions League table.

Brendan Rodgers' broadside won 3 and drew 3 of their convention shape matches, going connected to suffer narrowly to Bayern Munich successful nan play-offs for nan past 16.

Celtic person ne'er played Kairat Almaty earlier but person beaten Shakhter Karagandy and Astana from Kazakhstan successful 2013 and 2017.

Rangers past reached nan group shape of nan tourney successful 2022.

Aberdeen person been drawn against FCSB of Bucharest aliases Kosovan broadside Drita successful nan Europa League play-off round.

The first limb will beryllium played astatine Pittodrie connected August 21, pinch nan return lucifer a week later.

The losers of that necktie driblet into nan Conference League.

FCSB mislaid retired to Shkendija from North Macedonia successful nan 2nd information of Champions League qualifying and vanished 11th successful nan Europa League array past season, losing their sojourn to Rangers.

Meanwhile, Hibs and Dundee United person landed successful nan aforesaid cookware for nan Conference League draw, owed astatine 13:00 BST.

The Edinburgh broadside must flooded Partizan Belgrade to beryllium involved, while United meet Rapid Vienna next.

Servette, Utrecht, Legia Warsaw and AIK Stockholm are among their imaginable playoff opponents, on pinch Larne, who return connected Portuguese broadside Santa Clara.