PSG v Celtic Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 22nd November 7.45pm
Yet another tough game heading the way of Celtic in the UEFA Champions League. They were comprehensively beaten at Celtic Park by PSG earlier in the campaign and it may even be a rougher night of them out in Paris. That is because PSG have a chance to win the group here ahead of Bayern Munich by at least securing a point in the game. They will likely be driving hard for maximum points though.
PSG v Celtic Betting Tips
PSG will secure the group win ahead of Bayern Munich if they collect a home victory in this fixture. They are strong odds-on favourites to do just that. PSG won 5-0 out in Glasgow back on match day one, and that was Celtic’s biggest home defeat ever in Europe. Unai Emery’s team are in brilliant form having won all four of their games so far in the group and these group stage meetings with Celtic this year comes after their only previous encounters which was back in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second round. PSG won 4-0 on aggregate over the two legs in that one. They have been scoring for fun in the group so far this season and over 3.5 goals at bet356 is a price of 1/2. They have beaten Bayern Munich 3-0 and Anderlecht 5-0 in the City of Lights so far in their home fixtures this season. In total they have scored 17 goals in their four group wins so far and they have not conceded any either.
PSG to win to nil at bet365 is going to have big appeal at a price of 5/6. PSG have never lost a game against Scottish opposition either in a W4 D3 record from previous games and they are W2 D1 at home against visitors from Scotland. Just sizing up the task ahead of Celtic, PSG have suffered the one defeat in their last 45 European home fixtures since losing against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage. In that sequence of home games, they are W29 D15 L1. There will likely be goals for them in this one and Edinson Cavani is the 15/8 first goalscorer favourite at bet365 with Neymar at 11/4. Cavani has 19 goals in 17 club matches this season while Neymar has five goals in five Champions League games against Celtic. They boast an impressive attack and overall across all games this season they are averaging over 3.5 goals per game this season in all competitions and are unbeaten in in 22 games in all competitions too.
Celtic cannot make it through to the round of sixteen in the Champions League this season and that was kind of expected after getting such a tough draw. They have shown plenty of character and fight in spells though even if the end quality hasn’t been there. Celtic have taken one win in their four games so far and that came against bottom side Anderlecht. As long as they pick up a draw against the Belgians in their final group stage match, Celtic will take third place and go the Europa League. Celtic’s victory over Anderlecht is their only victory in their last 19 group stage fixtures across the Champions League and Europa League competitions and it ended a ten-game (D3 L7) streak of winless form in the Champions League group stage which stretched out over for years. Both teams to score in this fixture at bet365 is a price of 19/20.
Celtic are winless in their last six visits to France with a D2 L4 record and their only ever victory on French soil came at Nantes in which was the first ever game there and that was part of their victorious 1966/67 European Cup campaign. Celtics overall record against French clubs is W5 D2 L8. It’s been no secret that Celtic haven’t been great on the road in Europe for some time now and in taking a win at Linfield in the qualifying round for this season’s competition, it snapped an 11 match winless streak that Celtic were on in Europe (D6 L5). The shortest priced option in the anytime goalscorer market is Leigh Griffiths at 2/1 who is the same price a PSG defender Dani Alves, which tells a story all of its own about the scoring threat in this one. Despite being unbeaten in 64 domestic matches, Celtic are likely to have a tough time in this European away day.
PSG v Celtic Betting Odds
PSG 1/10, Draw 8/1, Celtic 20/1
PSG v Celtic Predictions
There should only be one winner in this one and Paris will be keen to land the positive result that sustains their momentum and drives them into the next round in positive fashion. They are going to have too much for Celtic to handle and a home win to nil looks likely.
