Celtic v FC Utrecht – UEFA match officials, tickets update

FC Utrecht has endured a dismal campaign in the Europa League and are already eliminated with just one point while Celtic need to win the match to guarantee progression to the play-off round and would could be quite a glamorous tie.

The on-field match officials for this one all come from Finland while the VAR team are from Italy.

The Finnish delegation of match officials is headed by referee Mohammad Al-Emara and he will be assisted by countrymen Turkka Valjakka and Mika Lamppu who will be running the Lins while the fourth official will be Peiman Simani.

The two Italian officials on VAR duties will be Gianluca Aureliano (VAR) and Marco Di Bello (Assistant VAR).

Mohammad Al-Emara had the whistle in the Hibs v Legia Warsaw match in the Conference League qualifier at the start of the season.

Martin O’Neill will speak to the media tomorrow ahead of the game which comes on the back of two gruelling, energy sapping 2-2 draws with Celtic reduced to ten men on each occasion.

Reo Hatate saw red in Bologna last Thursday after collecting two quick-fire cautions in the first half at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. He paid the price by being unused substitute at Tynecastle on Sunday where Auston Trusty was sent off on 75 minutes after a disgraceful attempt at re-refereeing the game by VAR John Beaton.

Celtic are appealing that decision with the heading taking place this afternoon.

Tickets for the Utrecht v Celtic match on Thursday evening are still available via the official Celtic FC website.

And a quick reminder…

It’s the last few days of the Half Price January sale at Celtic Star Books. Every book ordered is now just £10 and p&p is only charged on the first book at £4.50. So ordering three books will cost a total of £34.50 and given you a £30 saving. Order at celticstarbooks.com/shop

All Books Now Half Price in the Celtic Star Books January Sale…

Please note that p&p is priced at £4.50 is only charged on ONE book so you can buy as many of our books as you like and the postage cost will remain the same. Why not expand your Celtic library today?