Byshovets' Lokomotiv bound for Aberdeen

FC Lokomotiv Moskva coach Anatoli Byshovets may have reason to recall a previous trip to Scotland as his side travel to face Aberdeen FC in Group B.

• He visited Scotland once as a player, scoring FC Dynamo Kyiv’s second goal as they beat Celtic FC 2-1 in Glasgow in the 1967/68 European Champion Clubs’ Cup. That win, combined with a 1-1 draw in the home leg, saw Dynamo knock the then European champions out of the competition in the first round.

• As a coach, Byshovets' Soviet Union side lost 3-0 to Andy Roxburgh’s Scotland at the 1992 UEFA European Championship finals in Sweden.

• Aberdeen lost 3-0 at Panathinaikos FC on Matchday 1, matching their worst-ever result in their 100th game in UEFA club competition. Lokomotiv, meanwhile, drew 3-3 against Club Atlético de Madrid in a thrilling game in Russia.

• The two sides have never met in European competition.

• Aberdeen have never met Russian opposition before.

• Lokomotiv have never come up against Scottish opponents either.

• Lokomotiv boasted a Scottish star player for a while, with former Hibernian FC forward Garry O’Connor spending two seasons in Moscow prior to joining Birmingham City FC in the summer.

• Aberdeen have scored just twice in their last four European home games, winning one, losing one and drawing their two most recent fixtures 0-0.

• Lokomotiv are yet to lose an away game in the group stage. They played in the 2005/06 competition, drawing 0-0 at US Città di Palermo and winning 4-0 at Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC.

• FC København are at home against Panathinaikos in the day's other Group B game.