Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Olivier Ntcham is fine to play tonight against AEK Athens.

The French midfielder left the pitch on Saturday with an ankle injury but has trained and will take to the pitch as Celtic look to progress into the UEFA Champions League play-off round.

“He took a knock on his Achilles which hurt him in the game," said Rodgers. "But he’s trained well. He’s good.”

Meanwhile, the Celtic manager will look to engineer a positive first-leg result tonight to take to Athens next week.

The Parkhead side have the advantage of being further into their season that the Greek side although Rodgers is wary of reading too much into that.

“They are a good side, I have to say, having watched them closely since the weekend, watching their games," he said.

"They are the champion of their country so that means they have that winning mentality. It’s another step for us, definitely, in terms of opponent. They play 4-4-2 but very compact, very tight, and when they win the ball they break forward very, very quickly they have good pace at the front of the field and at the sides. So it will be a really good examination for us over two legs.

“I think if we can come out of this game here with a victory to a clean sheet it would be a really good result. But we will have to work really, really hard to show our qualities. But we also have an inherent belief in our work as well, I think these games are where you need real concentration but the players have shown over a number of games that they are also a good side and we obviously want to take advantage of the first leg being at home.

"If you look at us we were behind Rosenborg but our levels were still at a good level. They will still be a threat, they will still be a danger, but like I say we have to be prepared for that and have that real intent and aggression in our game.”