AIK v CELTIC: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

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* CELTIC are unbeaten in three European away games this season, beating FK Sarajevo 3-1 and Nomme Kalju 2-0 while drawing 1-1 with Cluj.

*JAMES FORREST has scored in five of his last six games for the Hoops in all competitions. The Scotland international winger opened the scoring in the 2-0 victory over the Swedes at Parkhead last week. Odsonne Edouard netted the second with a sublime free-kick.

* AIK STOCKHOLM have failed to win their last two home games

*CELTIC have won five of their seven previous meetings with Swedish opposition, but their one defeat came on their last visit – 2-0 to Malmo in 2015/16 Champions League qualifying.

* RONNY DEILA saw his side win 3-2 in Glasgow, but two defensive lapses gifted goals to Malmo a week later and brought a painful exit from Europe’s elite competition. In his two-year reign, the Norwegian failed to guide the Hoops through the qualifiers.

* AIK beat Dundee United 1-0 in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup first round in their only other home game against a Scottish side.

* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from AIK Stockholm v Celtic tonight – only in your champion CQN.

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