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club to try and play as much football as I could. Thankfully so far that has gone to plan.

“I just want to keep helping the team to hopefully get as many clean sheets as possible – whether that’s in Europe or the league.

“We’re doing well at the moment with four on the bounce so hopefully we can keep improving. The recent results say a lot about our character.

“It’s massive to come into this game with momentum. We said after the Old Firm loss we needed to go on a long winning run.

“We have managed to do that. It is good when you are winning games. Confidence is high and the spirit of the group is good.

“We come to a tough venue against a tough team but we believe in ourselves.

“It is going to be difficult but we believe wherever we go.”

Young Boys enjoy the advantage of training and playing regularly on their synthetic surface but Goldson said: “We are used to those kind of pitches now.

“It is a lot different to grass as the ball holds up a lot more but we have played enough games on it this season so we can’t use that as an excuse.

“We have watched enough videos of them and they look a good side.

“They score a lot of goals from crosses and can be direct so we know what we are facing.”

Bern is known as the City of Bears but there won’t be many in the shape of travelling Gers fans with the club refusing their ticket allocation following UEFA punishment for their sectarian singing.

Goldson said: “It will make a difference as we’re so used to having our fans with us everywhere we go.

“It’s sad for those fans who travel everywhere with us that they are having to miss the game.

“As you know when you go away from home, as much noise as our fans make, when you go to big arenas they are the minority.

“We just have to deal with big attendances and bring back a good result for our fans to cheer. That’s what we’ll aim for.”