Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic LIVE commentary: Hoops face Ukrainians in Poland as Joe Hart bids to end horror record in Champions League clash – kick-off time, team news, how to follow

Celtic will be bidding to secure their first Champions League win in five years when they take on Shakhtar Donetsk this evening.

The Hoops signalled their return to Europe's elite with a valiant display against reigning champions Real Madrid that ultimately ended in defeat.

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Ange Postecoglou's side were level with the La Liga giants at half-time, but a subsequent masterclass from Luka Modric saw Madrid run out 3-0 winners.

Shakhtar will prove a tough opponent in matchday two, having recorded an impressive 4-1 win away to Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig last week.

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This Champions League clash will take place on Wednesday, September 13, with kick-off scheduled for 5:45pm UK time.

talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage of the game, which is being held at the Polish Army Stadium in Warsaw due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Commentary will come from Alfie Reynolds and former Republic of Ireland midfielder Matt Holland.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic: Teams

Shakhtar: Turbin, Taylor, Bondar, Matvlyenko, Konoplia, Stepanenko, Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Murdyk, Shved

Subs: Shevchenko, Pyatov, Traore, Krystov, Sikan, Mykhaylichenko, Kryskiv, Djurasek, Topalov, Ochretko, Kozik, Petriak

Celtic: Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Jenz, Taylor, McGregor, O'Rilley, Hatate, Haksabanovic, Jota, Furuhashi

Subs: Bain, Sieghurst, Giakoumakis, Abada, Mooy, Turnbull, Maeda, Bernabei, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh, Abildgaard

Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic: What has been said?

Speaking after the defeat to Madrid, Postecoglou said: “I feel determined, not optimistic. I feel that responsibility.

"I want us to be a Champions League football club. For that to happen we have got to come out next week in a game that again is going to be a tough game, with fine margins, and be clinical in those kind of areas.

"It is not about being optimistic or pessimistic about it, it is about being determined to bridge that gap.”

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Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic: Match facts

• Shakhtar Donetsk’s Mykhaylo Mudryk was one of three players to be directly involved in three goals on MD1 (one goal, two assists), along with Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zielinski. Aged 21 years and 244 days, Mudryk was the youngest Shakhtar player to be directly involved in as many as three goals in a UEFA Champions League game since Douglas Costa in September 2010 (20y 14d v Braga).
• Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart has only kept one clean sheet in his last 13 away games in the UEFA Champions League, while he’ll be looking to keep his first on the road in the competition since December 2014 versus Roma (for Man City).
• Marian Shved scored twice on his UEFA Champions League debut for Shakhtar Donetsk (v RB Leipzig), while no player has ever netted more within their first two appearances for the club in the competition.
• Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis is still looking to score his first goal in major European competition (excluding qualifiers), having featured 12 times between his time at AEK Athens and Celtic without scoring (six games in the UEFA Europa League, four in the UEFA Champions League and two in the UEFA Conference League).
• Following their win against RB Leipzig on MD1, Shakhtar Donetsk will be looking to open a UEFA Champions League campaign with two victories. This only happened before in 2010-11 and 2007-08, when, one of their two victories that season came against Celtic, beating them 2-0 in a home game under Mircea Lucescu.
• This will be Celtic’s first away game in the UEFA Champions League since November 2017, when they suffered a 7-1 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain under Brendan Rodgers. The Bhoys have only kept one clean sheet in 33 away games in the competition, with that coming in a 3-0 win v Anderlecht in 2017-18.
• Shakhtar Donetsk named six players aged 23 or younger in their starting XI in their 4-1 win over RB Leipzig on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League and the average age of their XI was just 24 years and 180 days, the second youngest of any side on MD1 behind only FC Salzburg.
• Shakhtar Donetsk will be looking to win three consecutive home games against an opponent in European competition for the third time, having previously done so against Roma in 2018 and Sporting Braga in 2016 (both runs of three).
• Celtic have lost both of their previous away games against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League, while failing to score on both occasions – 0-3 in October 2004 and 0-2 in September 2007.
• This will be the fifth time Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic have faced each other in the group stage of a UEFA Champions League campaign, following 2004-05 (one win each) and 2007-08 (one win each).