Malmo boss Age Hareide in heated press conference before Celtic tie

“But playing for a club in Sweden, there is never pressure to go to the Champions League because it doesn’t happen often”. “We had to sort of do something we hadn’t done before. Celtic will not go as offensively but we will be more offensive”.

Malmo trailed the Austrians 2-1 from the first leg last August, but a 3-0 win in Sweden ensured they progressed.

Despite Malmo’s impressive record on home soil, Celtic can be backed at just 2/5 (1.40) with Paddy Power to reach the group stages, while the hosts are available at 7/4 (2.75) with the same firm to send the Scots spinning out of the competition.

The Norwegian believes compatriot Ronny Deila’s team will be hard to break down.

A look at how Celtic line up tonight against Malmo. They did that in a great manner.

Efe Ambrose can occupy the position but the Nigerian has proved to be an insurance risk at times and since there is also a whiff of hazard about Dedryck Boyata, the centre-back who will be his nearest colleague, that arrangement does not inspire belief in Celtic’s capacity to keep Malmo at bay.

The Swedish team have had an inconsistent start to their season as they lie in fifth place in their league. That makes it hard.

Hareide’s side are chalked up at 8/5 (2.60) with Paddy Power to claim a vital victory over Deila’s men.

“A new team could have broken down completely after that shock opening from Celtic, being down 2-0 after 10 minutes”, he said.

“We’re creating chances, we’re scoring goals, and we’re in very good form”. Our side is more suited to attack. “We have done it once and we can do it again”, claimed the former West Brom striker.

The Hoops won the first leg 3-2 with Wiland seemingly then accusing opposition players of behaving like “pigs” during the game in an interview to Swedish journalists.

“I would call it (the first leg) a tough game but not a dirty game”. You have to have respect for other languages as well. If you play the best you can and you don’t succeed then you have still done everything you could do, but I know that if we play at our best that we have a very good chance to beat Malmo.