Manager Tony Mowbray expects a tough test in the Champions League third qualifying round after Celtic were paired with Russian side Dinamo Moscow.

The Russian outfit will travel to Celtic Park for the first leg on July 28 or 29, with Mowbray's men travelling to Moscow for the second leg a week later.

And with Dinamo already playing domestically, they currently sit seventh in the Premier Liga after 13 games, former West Bromwich Albion boss Mowbray knows his team will have to be on top of their game.

He said: "They are 13 games into their season and I'm sure they will be a quality side. Russian teams are very fit, methodical and organised and I'm sure they will give us a tough test. But I'm sure they are looking at the draw and thinking it is a big ask for them.

"We are happy to take whoever it was and I don't have any preferences in cup draws. We are not in the industry of making excuses.

"In a strange sort of way, while you would like to play the second game of the tie at home, after the travelling we have done it is a benefit that we will be at home first."