Celtic starting XI to face VfB Stuttgart at Paradise

Celtic are in UEFA Europa League action tonight (Thursday) when they play host to VfB Stuttgart in the first leg of their play-off round tie. And Martin O’Neill’s side will be looking to get a positive result to take to Germany for the second leg next week. The Celtic manager has made three changes to the side which played Kilmarnock at the weekend, with Paolo Bernardo, Sebastian Tounekti and Tomas Cvancara all starting. Reo Hatate and Yang are named amongst the substitutes, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is not available for the Europa League ties. Kick-off at Celtic Park is 8pm and you can follow the build-up and all the action on the club website’s Match Centre MATCH CENTRE CELTIC: Schmeichel, Araujo, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Bernardo, Nygren, Maeda, Cvancara, Tounekti.Subs: Sinisalo, Doohan, Adamu, Yang, McCowan, Iheanacho, Saracchi, Hatate, Murray, Forrest, Donovan, RalstonUpcoming FixturesCeltic Vs. VfB Stuttgart 1893 AG – Sun, Feb 2nd 2026, 15:00