RB Leipzig and Aston Villa’s latest results as Celtic’s Champions League opponents suffer mixed fortunes

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The next ten days bring a fest of exciting Champions League and domestic football for the Celtic fans as the hectic fixture schedule plays out.

Fresh from beating Dundee at Celtic Park, Brendan Rodgers and the fans can now look forward to another date at Hampden where Aberdeen await the current Scottish champions in the League Cup.

After that, it’s back to Champions League duty where Celtic faces second-placed Bundesliga side, RB Leipzig next Wednesday night.

Celtic also face Aston Villa in the final fixture of the tournament and with both teams in League Cup action this week, 67 Hail Hail decided to take a look at how their ties played out.

RB Leipzig smash St Pauli one week before Champions League Celtic Park visit

Leipzig faced St Pauli in the DFB-Pokal this week as the German side looked to build on their moment from their latest Bundesliga result.

Preparing for the trip to Celtic Park, RB Leipzig beat Freiburg 3-1 after coming from behind to go joint top with Bayern Munich.

And on Tuesday night, they followed up that result with an impressive 4-2 win over St Pauli in the cup in a first-half blitz that saw Celtic’s opponents take a 3-1 lead in at halftime.

A double from Yussuf Poulsen was complemented by a Christoph Baumgartner strike and this lovely chip by Norwegian attacker, Antonio Nusa.

Leipzig faces Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Bundesliga where the Celtic fans will be able to get a real gauge on the team after they play Nuri Sahin’s men.

Aston Villa’s shock League Cup exit to Crystal Palace

Currently sitting top of the UEFA Champions League table, Aston Villa are the most in-form team in the tournament.

Having defeated Bologna, Bayern Munich and Young Boys, Villa the English Premier League side has been one of the surprise packages in UEFA’s flagship tournament.

Facing Crystal Palace in the League Cup last night Unai Emery’s side suffered a shock 2-1 defeat after Daichi Kamada’s late strike sent Odsonne Edouard’s former club into the quarter-finals of the tournament.

With Celtic facing Leipzig this coming Wednesday, Brendan Rodgers knows that if he manages to defeat the German side he could already be in the play-off places before he travels to the Midlands in January to face the Premier League club.