On This Day in 2018, Celtic hosted AEK Athens in the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers. The game finished 1-1 but before kickoff, it was announced that longtime transfer target John McGinn had agreed to join Aston Villa. After two years in the group stages of the Champions League and six domestic trophies, manager Brendan Rodgers
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Hearts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Livingston | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Rangers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Dundee | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Dundee United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Falkirk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
![Brendan Rodgers and Liam Scales Pre-Kairat Press Conference [FULL Transcript]](https://www.celticnewsnow.com/assets/images/photos/20250825-brendan-rodgers-and-liam-scales-pre-kairat-press-conference--s.jpg "Brendan Rodgers and Liam Scales Pre-Kairat Press Conference [FULL Transcript]")
