Opponents: v FC Astana
Competition: Champions league Play-off, L1
Date: 16/08/2017
Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow
Score: 5-0
Scorers: Postnikov (o.g), Sinclair (2), Forrest, Shitov (o.g)
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania)
Attendance: 54,016
Comments: This win is the biggest-ever margin of home victory in a UEFA Champions League play-off and equals the overall record for the round (FCSB 0-5 Manchester City and Young Boys 1-6 Borussia Mönchengladbach, both last season.
Celtic are set to raise their coefficience rating this year. The hoops will have already accumulated 4 points if they qualify for the group stage. In the group stages, each team gets two points for a win and one point for a draw.
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Scorers: Postnikov o.g 32, Sinclair 42, 60, Forrest 79, Shitov o.g 88
Team: Gordon, Lustig, Simunovic, Bitton, Tierney 
, Brown , Ntcham, Forrest (Armstrong 82), Rogic (McGregor 63) Sinclair, Griffiths.
Subs not used: de Vries (g/k), Benyu, Ajer, Ralston, Miller.
Manager: Stanimir Stoilov
Scorers: n/a
Team: Mokin, Shitov , Postnikov , Logvinenko (Beysebekov 65), Shomko, Twumasi, Maevski, Kleinheisler, Tomasov (Murtazayev 77), Muzhikov (Grahovac 82), Kabanaga.
Subs not used: Eric (g/k), Anicic, Tagybergen, Maliy.
