Aston Villa take on Celtic at Villa Park in the final round of fixtures in the Champions League ’s initial league phase, with an automatic qualification place potentially on the line. Unai Emery ’s side sit in ninth at the start of the day and ust one point behind Bayer Leverkusen, who occupy the final automatic qualification spot.

Celtic are only a point behind Villa but sit 18th and so will almost certainly have to settle for a place in the knockout play-off round, which they have already wrapped up. TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm GMT.

Aston Villa can secure a place in the top eight of the Champions League group stage but they need to beat Celtic at Villa Park if they have any hope of that happening

Aston Villa take on Celtic this evening on matchday 8 of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League. Both sides have already secured a place in the preliminary play-off round, however, both can still finish in the top-8 and march straight into the round of 16.

A pair of teams that have already secured advancement into the Champions League knockout stages meet on Wednesday as Aston Villa host Celtic on the

Watkins has enjoyed another standout season for the Villans, but he has yet to open his account in the Champions League. The England international has started six of Villa’s seven UCL matches and mustered 10 attempts at goal, only to fall short of finding the back of the net.

Both Aston Villa and Celtic have already secured at least a place in the knockout play-offs but both sides know a win on Wednesday could take them through automatically to the last 16 (8pm, TNT Sports 1).