CELTIC’S record in domestic cup competitions makes for impressive reading, with the Hoops having recorded 34 consecutive wins to deliver four League Cups and three Scottish Cups to the Paradise trophy cabinet.

And Callum McGregor is hoping that experience of cup-tie football will stand the team in good stead as they look to progress through three one-off ties in the UEFA Champions League in the quest to reach the group stages of the competition.

Having already seen off KR Reykjavik 6-0 last week, the Hoops now face Hungarian side, Ferencvaros on Wednesday night, and again, the game at Celtic Park will be played to a finish.

As always, McGregor will be a key figure in the heart of the Celtic midfield, and the 27-year-old is looking forward to the vital Euro tie.

“It’s important that we get it right on the night,” he said. “We don’t have the security of the second leg to try and pull it back so the good thing for us we’ve got a home tie, we’ve prepared really well today and everyone’s in good spirits.

“There’s good confidence going into the game and we have to perform on the night and, if we do, then we’ve got a great chance of going through.”

And the midfielder, who was one of four Celts named in Steve Clarke’s Scotland side for the forthcoming Nations League tie with Israel, along with James Forrest, Ryan Christie and Greg Taylor, says that the strength of the Hoops squad is always one of the club’s greatest strengths.

“Sometimes we lose a couple but we always seem to find good ones and bring them in and we get them up to speed pretty quickly,” he said. “So that tells you about the character of the boys that are here and the standards that we set every day – when the new ones come in, we’re flying and ready to go and we get them up to speed.

“Every year when player come in, whether they’re midfielders or defenders or attackers, it always helps the depth of the squad and, ultimately, that will drive the standard of the players up. That’s the standard here at Celtic – they’re always looking to get better and you have to get better as well.”

Callum McGregor: We'll relish winner-takes-all Euro qualifier