Celtic take on the visitors Suduva at the Celtic Park in the second leg match of the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The match will be played in Glasgow on Thursday, August 30th. The first leg match ended with a 1-1 draw.
Celtic have started their official way in the new season during the World Cup already. The Bhoys had their first Champions League fixture on July 10th. The team has played six fixtures in the most prestigious football tournament this summer. In the first qualification round of the tournament they beat Alashkert (3-0, 3-0). In the second qualification round the Celts went through Rosenborg (3-1, 0-0. In the third qualification round the team of Brendad Rodgers lost to AEK Athens (1-1. 1-2). Their first leg match against Suduva in the play-offs of the Europa League was a shock for many because the Scots did not get a victory in that fixture. However, the Hoops had a better statistics overall. Celtic have had nineteen matches in front of their home crowd in 2018, won fourteen of them, drew four and lost one. The team has an ongoing undefeated streak consisting of six fixtures on their home field (five wins and one draw); In their last three matches Celtic beat Hamilton Academical with a 1-0 score, drew against Suduva with a 1-1 score and beat Partick Thistle with a 3-1 score.
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The 2018 season in the A Lyga has been close to the finish recently but Suduva have played only one match there since July 4th in order to show better results in the Eurocups. The Sudovians have had seven fixtures on the international scene this summer. In the first qualification round of the UEFA Champions League the team beat APOEL (3-1, 0-1). In the second qualification round they lost to Red Star Belgrade (0-3, 0-2). In the third qualification round of the Europa League they went through Spartaks (1-0, 0-0). In the first leg match of the play-offs Suduva drew against Celtic with a 1-1 score.
The level gap between Celtic and Suduva is huge. It is likely that the Bhoys will get a confident victory in the upcoming fixture and go through to the group stage.
Prediction for the match: Celtic to win with -2.0 handicap.
