Ref & VAR officials named for Celtic vs Leipzig tie

Brendan Rodgers' side take on the Bundesliga club in the revamped league phase on Tuesday, November 5.

So far, Celtic have four points from their opening three matches in the competition; victory over Slovan Bratislava, defeat to Borussia Dortmund and a draw against Atalanta.

Now, they face Leipzig at Celtic Park looking to further add to their points tally.

UEFA have confirmed French official Benoit Bastien will take charge of the contest in Glasgow. 

In the past that has been a good omen for Celtic with the referee having twice taken charge of matches involving the Parkhead club - wins against Feyenoord and Cluj.

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Bastien awarded Celtic a penalty the last time he officiated one of their matches with Luis Palma scoring from the spot in the win over Feyenoord.

Batien has also refereed matches involving St Johnstone and Rangers in Europe.

St Johnstone taking a 1-1 draw against Luzern in 2014 while Rangers drew with Lech Poznan and lost to Leipzig while Bastien was referee.

Bastien will be assisted by Hicham Zakrani and Aurelien Berthomieu as linesman at Celtic Park with Thomas Leonard the fourth official.

VAR is Benoit Millot with Italian assistant Maurizio Mariani.

Celtic vs Leipzig Champions League match officials

Referee: Benoit Bastien (FRA)

Assistant referees: Hicham Zakrani (FRA) & Aurelien Berthomieu (FRA)

Fourth official: Thomas Leonard (FRA)

VAR: Benoit Millot (FRA)

Assistant VAR: Maurizio Mariani (ITA)