Celtic are a big price for the Champions League but on the verge of the group stages after beating Astana 5-0.
Champions League results
Celtic 5-0 Astana
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2-1 Maribor
Istanbul Basaksehir 1-2 Sevilla
Napoli 2-0 Nice
Olympiakos 2-1 HNK Rijeka
Wednesday review
Celtic defeated Astana 5-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying play-off at Celtic Park on Wednesday.
It virtually assures a team that is 500/1 for outright European glory with Sky Bet a place in the group stages ahead of next week's return leg.
Returning midfielder Tom Rogic's strike in the 31st minute was helped into his own net by defender Evgeni Postnikov before attacker Scott Sinclair added a second three minutes before the interval.
The former Manchester City and Aston Villa player notched his second on the hour mark with further goals from winger James Forrest and striker Leigh Griffiths - his might have taken a deflection off Igor Shitov - for a result which in no way flattered Brendan Rodgers' men
The Hoops knocked the Kazakhstan outfit out in the third qualifying round last season on a 3-2 aggregate and only a remarkable turnaround next Tuesday in Astana will prevent a repeat.
Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva are on course to reach the group stages for the first time after they hit back to beat Maribor 2-1.
Marcos Tavares gave the Slovenians an early lead, but Hapoel equalised within two minutes through Tony Nwakaeme's stunning volley and Shir Tzedek converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time after Blaz Vrhovec had fouled Maor Melikson.
Sevilla boosted their hopes of reaching the group stages for a third successive season with a 2-1 win at Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir.
The home side, appearing in their first Champions League game, fell behind to Sergio Escudero's first-half opener and although Eljero Elia fired Basaksehir level in the 64th minute, Wissam Ben Yedder struck a late winner for Sevilla.
Nice endured a miserable return to European football's premier competition after having two men sent off in a defeat at Napoli.
The French side, who last appeared in a European Cup campaign in 1960, fell behind to Dries Mertens' strike early in the first half before Jorginho's penalty made it 2-0 to the Italians following Christophe Jallet's foul on Mertens.
Nice's Vincent Koziello was shown a straight red card for his dangerous tackle on Piotr Zielinski and less than a minute later Alassane Plea was dismissed for his second yellow-card offence.
Olympiacos will defend a 2-1 lead in Croatia next week courtesy of Jacques-Alaixys Romao's stoppage-time winner against Rijeka.
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe's rising drive cancelled out Heber's opener for Rijeka just before the interval and Romao's header in the third minute of stoppage time snatched victory for the Greek champions.
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