The referee for Celtic vs Celta Vigo recently officiated a six-goal thriller in the Champions League.

Celtic host the La Liga outfit in the third round of fixtures in this season’s Europa League. Both sides remain in search of their first points in the league phase.

Celta thought that was going to happen against Juventus. After taking the lead in the first half, the Italians drew level in the second, and even got a 92nd-minute winner.

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It added misery following Celta’s 1-0 defeat away to Omonia Nicosia in their opening match.

Celtic kicked their Europa campaign off with a 3-1 home defeat to Ferencváros, then were humbled 4-1 by Portuguese giants Benfica in Lisbon.

The match will be held on October 22, Thursday, at 8 pm.

Kabakov will be supported by a team of fellow Bulgarian officials. His assistants are Martin Margaritov and Martin Venev, and Nikola Popov has been appointed as the fourth official. The video assistant referee (VAR) team consists of Germans Søren Strox and Robert Schröder.

The appointment for the Glasgow match comes just a week after Kabakov’s previous European match. He refereed the match between Norwegian side Viking and Bayern Munich, which ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw. The match drew attention due to the red card that he showed to Michael Olise in the final minutes when Bayern were winning 3-2.

Thursday’s game under the Parkhead floodlights will kick off at 8 pm UK time, as O’Neill aims to carry the confidence from the 7-1 win over Hearts into their next European showdown.