Celtic vs Shakhtar Donetsk live stream, Wednesday 12 October, 5:45pm BST
Celtic vs Shakhtar Donetsk live stream and match preview
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Anything less than a win would spell the end of Celtic's participation in European competition this season. Ange Postecoglou's side can no longer qualify for the knockout phase of the Champions League, but there is still a slim chance that they could overtake Shakhtar Donetsk and climb into third place, which would see them drop into the Europa League after Christmas.
To do so, however, Celtic must win Tuesday's clash and then avoid defeat by Real Madrid on matchday six, while hoping that Shakhtar slip up against RB Leipzig next week. Postecoglou will know that his team is up against it.
Celtic will be disappointed with a return of just one point from the first 12 available in Group F. The Bhoys did not necessarily expect to get through, but they were certainly picked out as contenders for a second-place finish. However, home-and-away defeats by Leipzig have ended Celtic's hopes of reaching the round of 16.
Shakhtar will hope for a favour from Real Madrid in Tuesday's other match in the group. If the Blancos beat Leipzig and Shakhtar draw with or beat Celtic, they will occupy second spot going into next week's winner-takes-all tussle between the two sides vying to advance alongside Madrid.
Callum McGregor and Carl Starfelt will play no part for Celtic due to injury, while Jota and David Turnbull will need to be assessed.
Shakhtar will have to make do without Yukhym Konoplya, Marian Shved, Oleg Ocheretko and Victor Kornienko for the trip to Glasgow. Yukhym Konoplia and Mykhaylo Mudryk are one yellow card away from a ban.
Form
Celtic: WWWLW
Shakhtar Donetsk: WWDLW
Referee
Serdar Gozubuyuk of the Netherlands will be the referee for Celtic vs Shakhtar Donetsk.
Stadium
Celtic vs Shakhtar Donetsk will be played at Celtic Park.
Elsewhere in the group
The night's other Group F game between RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid kicks off at 8pm BST.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 8pm BST on Tuesday 25 October and the game is being shown live on BT Sport 3 in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Champions League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Champions League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:
International TV rights
• UK: BT Sport – which you can get with a non-subscription £25 monthly pass
• USA: Paramount Plus – plans start at $4.99 a month with a seven day free trial
• Canada: DAZN – which you can get with a non-subscription $24.99 monthly pass
• Australia: Stan Sport – this is from $20 a month (including a $10 Stan basic subscription) and comes with a seven day free trial
• New Zealand: Spark Sport – a subscription is $24.99 a month, with a seven day free trial
