Aston Villa and Celtic both harbor hopes of earning byes to the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds, with the hosts at Villa Park on solid footing heading into Wednesday's league phase finale.

Score and updates as Idah stuns Villa with two quick goals to pull Celtic level - The two clubs are still in with a shot of securing a top eight finish and avoiding the two-legged play-off round

The Prince of Wales was subjected to chants of “Lizzie’s in a box” and “If you hate the Royal Family, clap your hands” by Celtic fans during Aston Villa’s Champions League clash with the Scottish side.

As the oblivious Jhon Duran watched his side take an early lead in their Champions League clash against Celtic on Wednesday night, a significant update regarding his future emerged. It will go down as one of the biggest transfers of the January window if a deal goes through.

Premier League upstarts Aston Villa may be on the road to guaranteeing a knockout stage appearance in the Champions League tonight after racing to an early lead over Celtic. Unai Emery's Villains

Celtic face Aston Villa in Birmingham this afternoon as Brendan Rodgers’ side look to close out the new-look league phase with a result against Unai Emery’s side. However, Celtic go into the game with a number of absences from last weekend.

Jota’s return to Celtic was spoken about as well as Kyogo Furuhashi’s Parkhead exit to Rennes as Celtic’s transfers were discussed. Celtic’s starting XI against Aston Villa was given a going over as Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers looked to get a positive result in England.

Aston Villa and Celtic have potential automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 up for grabs.

Aston Villa have rejected an approach from Arsenal for England striker Ollie Watkins. Sources confirmed to BBC Sport the Gunners made their enquiry for the 29-year-old on Monday.

Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers has a Champions League scoring feat of which Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland would be proud.