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Sparta Prague vs Celtic Prediction & Betting tips
As the former overall winner of the European Champions Cup, Celtic Glasgow entered Group H of the Europa League with ambitions. After only one of nine possible points, the Scots in the Czech capital are now clearly with their backs to the wall. Anything other than the first away win for the Hoops would most likely result in the premature exit of the 51-time Scottish champions.
In the run-up to the match between Sparta Prague and Celtic Glasgow, the odds of the bookmakers according to the odds comparison of the betting base in the direction of the Czechs.
After all, Sparta Prague won the first leg three weeks ago with 4-1 in Scotland. In addition, Vaclav Kotal’s men have only lost two of their last 18 home games in the Europa League. So the chances are not bad that the Czechs can start another attack on group heads Milan and Lille with another three.
But because the hoops have to throw everything into this game, we think it is most sustainable at Sparta Prague against Celtic Glasgow that both teams will score.
Sparta Prague:
Sparta Prague is not only one of the oldest football clubs in the Czech Republic, but also one of the most successful. The Rudí (in German: Die Weinroten) won 32 national championships, although they were at the top of the final table for the last time in the 2013/14 season.
However, they triumphed in the Czech Cup in the past 2019/20 season, which also gave them direct entry into the group stage of the Europa League. Sparta Prague is currently competing here for the seventh time. In four of the last six preliminary rounds, they also made it into the top two clubs and moved into the intermediate round.
One of the reasons for this was the enormous strength of the Rudí at home, who were unbeaten in 15 consecutive home games in the UEFA Europa League on matchday one before the 4-1 home defeat against OSC Lille. There are currently only two defeats in the last 18 European home games.
However, if Vaclav Kotal’s squad wants to overwinter in Europe again, the next home win must ideally be added before something that can still be counted in a direct comparison with Lille and Milan over the next two weeks.
It is all the more annoying that now, of all times, the momentum has vanished from the Fortuna League. After the Rudí won their first six league games in a row and started the 2020/21 season perfectly, they recently suffered two defeats in a row.
Against this background, it is definitely not a sure-fire success at Sparta Prague against Celtic Glasgow to place the tip on the three-point of the home-strong Kotal team. The 4: 1 in Glasgow three weeks ago was very impressive. In fact, it was the only victory among the last five competitive games, of which the other four games were all lost.
Celtic Glasgow:
Celtic Glasgow has not only won the Scottish Championship 51 times, but has also won the Scottish FA Cup 39 times. Added to this is the overall victory in the European Cup of National Champions in 1967, thanks to which the Hoops still enjoy a high international reputation even half a century later.
However, the Celts, who recently celebrated nine national championships in a row, are currently going through a very difficult phase. In the Europa League, Neil Lennon’s team is about to be eliminated after only one of nine possible points, and things are anything but smooth in the Scottish Premier League.
Only nine of the 13 league games won the Bhoys, who lost the all-important derby “Old Firm” against city rivals Glasgow Rangers 2-0 on October 17, 2020 in their own stadium. This means that there are currently eleven points behind the Gers, which means that the potentially tenth championship in a row is becoming ever more distant.
After all, after the international break last Saturday, the Celts experienced another setback when Hibernian ended up with a 2-2 draw.
The big question is how important it is for the Scots to catch up in the Europa League as well, given the big race to catch up that lies ahead of them at national level. Because there is only one small game in the League Cup at the weekend anyway, Neil Lennon should show his men in the Czech Republic again in the best possible formation.
Sparta Prague vs Celtic head to head matches
05.11.20 EL Celtic Sparta Prague 1 : 4
03.07.18 CF Celtic Sparta Prague 1 : 0
13.01.15 CF Sparta Prague Celtic 3 : 2