Celtic plan positive approach in Finland

A draw will be enough for Celtic to progress to the Champions League play-offs when they meet HJK Helsinki this evening but boss Neil Lennon plans to adopt a positive approach.

Celtic came from behind to win the first leg 2-1 at Parkhead thanks to goals from Gary Hooper and Charlie Mulgrew, having trailed to the Finns at the interval in Glasgow.

Lennon told the club website: "We will be trying to go and win the game. We feel we created plenty of chances in the first game although it´s a totally different environment.

"We will have a look at the (artificial) pitch and have a good think about the team selection for but we will go into it with a positive frame of mind.

"It's still early in our season but I was pleased with the performance on Wednesday and, while there was a bit of tiredness for the Aberdeen game, I was very pleased with the result.

"It's very difficult to set a team out to play for a draw. I'm not too many players who have that mindset. It's not an SPL game so we have to approach it differently but we are not coming here to sit back and defend all night because that can bring enough problems.

"We will try to score a goal or maybe two if we can, but a clean sheet will get us through and we will focus on that as well. Last season we came away with a couple of positive results in Rennes and Udinese and if we can gather that sort of performance we won't be far away."