Jul 14: Linfield v Celtic Betting Preview

THERE have been security problems for Celtic's trip to Linfield but on the pitch there will be no worries for the Scots.

Last season's defeat in Gibraltar is long forgotten and Brendan Rodgers will have learned from that.

His first competitive game was a Champions League qualifier defeat to Red Imps but there will be no red faces in Belfast tonight.

Celtic will have no fans at Windsor Park but should score plenty of goals.

There is a huge gulf between the teams – the Scots have gone a whole domestic season without defeat – with Linfield reaching this stage by edging past San Marino no-hopers La Fiorita 1-0 aggregate.

Last week they lost a friendly 4-1 at home to Hearts on the same day Celtic thrashed Shamrock Rovers 9-0. You can't read much into friendlies but the results proved a point.

Celtic are no bigger than 1-8 with McBookie to win tonight and 1-40 at 10Bet to qualify. So where's the value?

You can have Celtic -1 at 2-5 with sportingbet while Celtic -2 looks a decent shout at evens with sportingbet.

Anyone who fancies taking a chance on Celtic -3 can have 9-4 at McBookie while -3AH – which refunds the stake for a three-goal success – pays 17-10 at Unibet.

Shamrock Rovers were weakened so it shouldn't be anything like nine but a 3-0 or 4-0 victory is within Celtic's reach.

The usual contributors were among the goals in Dublin – Moussa Dembele, Scott Sinclair and Stuart Armstrong.

To score first Dembele is 13-5 with McBookie while Sinclair is 7-2 with the Scots firm. Armstrong is bigger value at 13-2 and worth a look at 6-4 with McBookie to net at any time.

Other bets to consider are Celtic to win to nil at 8-13 with Paddy Power, over 3.5 match goals at 11-10 with McBookie and Celtic to win both halves at 10-11 with Betway.

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