Celtic take on the visitors Bayern Munich in the first leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 12th at Celtic Park (Glasgow).
Celtic can focus on the European Cup. With one exception, the Hoops always leave their neighbor and enemy, Rangers, behind them in the Premiership. Nothing has changed now: by February, they have created not just a comfortable, but an unwinnable gap, combined with a victory over the same Light Blues in the League Cup final, albeit on penalties. In general, the Champions League will be a clear priority for the Scots. They finally managed to prove themselves there: having won against Slovan (Bratislava), RB Leipzig and Young Boys, they reached the playoffs. The club also has draws with Atalanta, Brugge and Dinamo (Zagreb), although they have lost to Borussia Dortmund and, in January, Aston Villa, and they lost to the Germans in Germany 1-7.
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Bayern disgraced themselves in 2023/2024, when, despite a powerful reinforcement led by Kane (Harry became a record purchase for 100 million), they did not take a single trophy at all. To rectify the situation, they called in the rather unexpected Kompany, whose coaching experience is limited to short and controversial periods at Anderlecht and Burnley. In his new place, the Belgian has already managed to create a fairly comfortable gap in the Bundesliga over Bayer, although they lost to them in the cup, and lost at home. There were also quite contradictory results in the Champions League. Yes, there they beat Dinamo Zagreb (and also 9-2), Benfica, PSG, Shakhtar Donetsk, and in January - Slovan (Bratislava). But before that, in the penultimate round, there was a 0-3 defeat in Rotterdam from Feyenoord - this led to the fact that they have to play now, and a ticket directly to the 1/8 finals was missed.
The clubs played in 2003 and 2017. In 4 matches, the Scots only once, at home, drew. The "Recordmasters" are considered the clear favorites even in Glasgow. But they are not without problems either, so we bet on "total over 3.0 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 3.0 scored goals.
