The Champions League points tally Celtic are on course to hit as escalating cut of mega £733m bonanza laid bare

A point in Bergamo has Celtic fans dreaming of more Champions League glory nights - and they are being touted to reach the play-off round as a minimum after the Atalanta stalemate.

Brendan Rodgers' side recovered from the demolition at the hands of Borussia Dortmund to claim a vital point against the Europa League winners - taking their tally to four after the Scottish champions smashed Slovan Bratislava on the opening day of the league phase campaign. It's back-to-back home games up next for the Hoops as they face RB Leipzig and Club Brugge in Glasgow's east end before clashes with Dinamo Zagreb, Young Boys and Aston Villa.

Now the Opta supercomputer has stated that Celtic finishing the campaign with 11 points is the most likely scenario - with a 17.6 per chance of that being the final tally. And after a project that saw the boffins run a whopping 50,000 simulations it is stated that the Premiership leaders are most likely to finish in 22nd spot with a probability of 6.2 per cent.

That would be enough to ensure a spot in the playoff rounds of the competition for Callum McGregor and Co. Teams ranked in the top eight of the league stage will qualify automatically for the round of 16 as seeded teams, while teams finishing between the 9th and 24th place will enter the playoff phase. Those sides will face off to determine the eight teams that will take part in the round of 16 draw as unseeded teams.

Should Celtic emerge from the league phase, it would spell a bumper payday for the club with UEFA divvying up a whopping £733m prize pot to their elite clubs. Celtic are handed £15.7m just for reaching the group phase with each win in the league phase banking £1.9m per win and £600k is handed out for a draw. Based on the