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FC Copenhagen vs Celtic Prediction & Betting tips
The Scottish Celtic will visit the Danish FC Copenhagen on Thursday evening. The stakes are high, because the winner of this diptych qualifies for the eighth finals of the Europa League. The Scots are in great shape, although the Danes are known as a strong home club.
FC Copenhagen:
Is FC Kopenhagen ready for the diptych against Celtic? That is the question that currently concerns all football fans in Denmark. In any case, the outlook is not favorable. After a long winter break, the Danish Superliga was finally resumed last weekend, and promptly the capitals lost 1-0 to relegation candidate Esbjerg. Trainer Stale Solbakken will undoubtedly have had a blast, because this defeat led to the lead Midtjylland falling to seven points.
However, the surprising 1-0 defeat was not the only bitter pill that FC Copenhagen fans had to take in recent days. Barely 48 hours before the cracker against Celtic star player Pieros Sotiriou, namely to Kazakhstan Astana. “I understand that the club needs the money, but of course the timing could not have been worse,” said Solbakken. The departure of the Cypriot attacker is a major loss for FC Copenhagen, although the thirteen-time Danish national champion has several weapons. The Senegalese Dame N’Doye is now in the fall of his career, but still manages to find the enemy goal with eight goals in twelve league duels. In addition, the team is traditionally strong in its own Telia Parks. “FC Copenhagen is incredibly strong in-house,” said analyst Marc Rieper, who in the past defended the colors of both FC Copenhagen and Celtic. “In the last five or six years – even in the Champions League – it might have lost at most one or two home games.” This season only the Swedish Malmö managed to beat the Danes in their own house.
Celtic:
The atmosphere at Celtic is undoubtedly a lot better than at FC Copenhagen. Thanks to seven consecutive victories, the club from Glasgow has definitively renounced arch rival Rangers in the Scottish Premier League in recent weeks, and the whites are also doing well beyond their own national borders. Partly thanks to memorable victories in Lazio, the group was crowned the group winner in group E of the Europa League.
Celtic is therefore in good shape and is the big favorite for reaching the eighth finals of the Europa League. The Scots have been very successful in the last few weeks with a 3-5-2 formation, but trainer Neil Lennon is expected to choose his European 4-2-3-1 variant again on Thursday evening. Striker Leigh Griffiths is probably losing his place to midfielder Ryan Christie, who already has seven European goals behind his name this season. Also in the Scottish Premier League he scores this season with eleven goals in 21 league duels on the assembly line, although the most threat comes from the French club top scorer Odsonne Edouard (twenty goals).
FC Copenhagen vs Celtic head to head matches
06.12.06 CL FC Copenhagen Celtic 3 : 1
26.09.06 CL Celtic FC Copenhagen 1 : 0