It's Battle of Britain time once again as the Champions League takes centre stage.

It's matchday eight and the final outing in the new look league format with both Aston Villa and Celtic already securely in the top 24 - meaning they will advance to the play-off stage. However, with the top 8 still possible this has the making of a real blockbuster, not that it wasn't already one! Unai Emery's men are currently ninth and need to get the job done and a slip up elsewhere to go their way and while it is not an out of the equation scenario for the Hoops if they win -SEVEN results would need to unfold.

Brendan Rodgers set out to reach the next stage at the start of the campaign and he's ticked that off by bagging 12 points from the first seven games including victory over Young Boys last time out. The fans will head to Villa in their thousands looking for another famous night in the Champions League and Record Sport have delivered their view on how they seeing the game going.

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Michael Gannon

There’s no real pressure on Celtic so they can take a swing at the EPL big boys and see what happens. Villa will need the win and have plenty of firepower, but Celtic will be in the fight.

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Craig Swan

Tough task for Celtic but they have shown grit on the road in their last two away fixtures in the competition going to Bergamo and Zagreb and can secure themselves another point to end the campaign if they play to their full potential.

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Keith Jackson

It feels a bit like a free shot for Celtic with qualification for the play-offs already secured. But it’s not quite that simple. With Villa in need of a win to nail down a top eight spot the English outfit have a huge added incentive. And yet there’s no reason why Scotland’s champions can’t get safely back up the road with one final point in the bag.

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Gavin Berry

Unai Emery’s men look to have lost their mojo in recent weeks and Brendan Rodgers, who won three of his four Premier League trips to Villa Park as Leicester City boss, can enjoy a happy Midlands return.

With the pressure off for Celtic in terms of qualification, they have enough to get at least a draw.

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Fraser Wilson

Without Kyogo the onus is likely to be on Adam Idah to ruffle up the Villans but Celtic will miss the Japanese livewire’s ability to tie defenders in knots. I fear the Premier League giants will have too much quality as they go after a win that could clinch them an automatic last 16 spot. Expect a thrilling encounter though.

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Ryan McDonald

Celtic have recorded back-to-back clean sheets on the road in Europe and a third shutout at Villa Park would be a real confidence booster heading into the playoffs. But Celts face a team gunning for last 16 qualification and Unai Emery’s motivated troops will likely be too hot to handle.

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