Celtic v Young Boys
Celtic

Celtic vs Young Boys

, KO: 20:00 Jan 22, 2025, Parkhead
Young Boys

Celtic welcome Champions League no-hopers Young Boys and they have a glorious chance to make history.

A win in their penultimate game would be enough to see the Scottish champions through to the play-offs stages in the new-look format.

Celtic have returned to their old selves in Europe after several years of embarrassing themselves on this stage.

The Parkhead fortress is back and already they have hammered Slovan Bratislava and RB Leipzig before they were held to a draw by a decent Club Brugge side.

It's a return to the days when their home in the east end of Glasgow was one of the most feared venues in Europe.

Domestically, they have the title all but wrapped up, although they have not been at their best recently.

They face a YB side who have endured a season from hell.

Six games, six defeats and a goal difference of -19 in the Champions League table shows they have been exposed as being out of their depth and they are bottom of the 36 teams.

They are languishing in ninth place too in the Swiss Super League and are under new management in Giorgio Contini.

How the bookies view it: Celts sure things

You could be forgiven for thinking this was a Scottish Premiership mismatch and not a Champions Leafye games looking at the odds.

Celtic are huge favourites at 3/10 with the Swiss 7/1 and the draw 4/1. All prices are with Boylesports.

Recent head to heads: Celtic have edge

The side were drawn together in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup and Celtic got through after a 1-0 win in Glasgow which followed a goalless draw in Switzerland.

Players to watch: Daizen on form

Daizen Maeda has been in excellent form this season and the Japanese international netted his 16th goals of the season in a 2-1 Scottish Cup win over Kilmarnock at the weekend. He is 7/4 to score anytime with Boylesports.

Former Rangers striker Cedric Itten is sure of a ‘warm' reception on Wednesday and the Swiss international has scored four goals this season. He is 10/3 to score anytime with Boylesports.

Predicted line-ups:

Celtic seem to have almost a full squad available with only veteran winger James Forrest out.

Young Boys will be missing former Celtic defender Saidy Janko and striker Facinet Conte from their line-up through injury.

Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, McGregor, Engels, Hatate, Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda.

Young Boys: Keller, Benito, Blum, Athekame, Lauper, Males, Lakomy, Ugrinic, Itten, Ganvoula, Virginius.

Anything else catch the eye?

Celtic should have too much for a Young Boys who must be dreading this given their record so far in the tournament.

YB failed to score at home against the bottom side in the Swiss League on Saturday – Winterthur – and the obvious call here is a Celtic in to nil at a decent price of 8/5 with Boylesports.

The Swiss have been on the end of a few batterings too – Atalanta have scored six, Stuttgart five and Barcelona too.

So you would expect Celtic to rattle in a few here if they are in the mood – it's 10/11 with Boylsports for them to score three goals or more and they can get that in front of a raucous home crowd.

This match between Celtic and Young Boys will be played on Jan 22, 2025 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Celtic vs Young Boys prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.

Celtic vs Young Boys Betting Tips & Predictions
Celtic to win to nil
8/5
Boylesports
Celtic to score over 2.5 goals
10/11
Boylesports
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