Celtic vs FK Sarajevo Betting Tips

Is the entry into the second CL round for Celtic just a matter of form? Find out the answer in our betting prediction!

Celtic Glasgow may well continue to dream of the group stage in the premier class. The Scottish champion had to start in the Champions League qualifying again this year from the first round. But with the FK Sarajavo, the reigning champion from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Green-Whites attracted quite a grateful and doable lot. After the 3-1 away win in the first leg on Tuesday, the entry in round two should be only formality.

Football Betting Tips Celtic vs FK Sarajevo

Celtic is hoping for a fourth overall participation in the Champions League group stage this year. The Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo has yet to reach any group stage, neither in the Champions nor in the Europa League. Looking at the first leg result and also before the second leg Celtic against FK Sarajevo on the odds of bookmakers, it goes on for the Bosnians first in the Europa League on. Even for the betting base, the progress of the “Bhoys” is out of the question. The betting experts bet Celtic vs FK Sarajevo even hinted at “Celtic Glasgow wins to zero”.

Celtic Glasgow – Statistics & Current Form

In the preseason, the Celtic Football Club in Scotland was the eighth consecutive championship. Overall, the Green-Whites celebrated so already the 50th title in the domestic league. Thus, the “Bhoys” have only four championships behind the great Rangers city rivals. Also in the previous year, the club won for the third time in a row the double. It had for a while not looked so good for the club. Coach Brendan Rodgers was repeatedly criticized. In February, however, the coach left the club and went head over heels to Leicester City.

Successor was Neil Lennon, who had recently left Hibernian Edinburgh in the dispute. Lennon had already coached Glasgow from 2012 to 2014. In the end, Celtic became champions with a lead of nine points and won the Cup final against Heart of Midlothian. Last season’s key players were right-winger James Forrest (eleven goals this season), French striker Edouard (15 goals), who came from PSG for € 10m, and playmaker Callum McGregor. These players could hold the club all. But ended up the loan of Filip Benkovic (Leicester City), Jeremy Toljan (BVB) and Oliver Burke (West Brom).

“In my opinion we have done a fantastic job. Especially in terms of our fitness condition and our lack of match practice. It was a really strong performance. But we also had to show it, because Sarajevo was physically very strong and dangerous especially at standards. ” – Neil Lennon

In addition, Dedryck Boyata (Hertha BSC), Mikael Lustig (KAA Gent) and Marvin Compper (MSV Duisburg) left the club. The squad was strengthened with Christopher Julien (Toulouse FC) and Boli Bolingoli (Rapid Wien). The first leg against Sarajevo had been the first competitive game of the new season for the “Hoops”. Previously, Celtic completed four friendly matches: 6: 1 against the Austrian national league Pinkafeld, 2: 1 against the Vienna SC and 0: 0 against St. Gallen and Stade Rennes. Against the Bosnian and Herzegovinian champions Glasgow had some difficulties in the first round. One noticed the crew the missing play practice.

In addition, you have found on the right defense side still no substitute for the Swedish national player Lustig. So the home side took the lead in the 29th minute. But six minutes later, the guest resembled from Scotland. In the second round, the Green-Whites had the game under control and secured the 3-1 victory. The hosts are also in favor of the second leg against Celtic Glasgow. FK Sarajevo with odds of a victory of up to 1.17 the fabulous favorites. The league season in Scotland begins for Celtic only on 3 August with the home game against St. Johnstone.

Expected lineup of Celtic Glasgow:
Bain – Ajer, Simunovic, Bitton, Bolingoli – Brown, McGregor, Forrest, Christie, Johnston – Edouard

Last matches of Celtic Glasgow:

⚽️ 13.07.2019 – Celtic Glasgow vs Rennes 0: 0 (friendly)
⚽️ 09.07.2019 – FK Sarajevo Vs. Celtic Glasgow 1: 3 (Champions League)
⚽️ 02.07.2019 – St. Gallen Vs. Celtic Glasgow 0: 0 (friendly)
⚽️ 29.06.2019 – Vienna SC vs. Celtic Glasgow 1: 2 (Friendly Match)
⚽️ 26.06.2019 – Pinkafeld Vs. Celtic Glasgow 1: 6 (Friendly Match)

FK Sarajevo – Statistics & Current Form

FK Sarajevo won the domestic Premijer Liga, which has been played since 2000, four times. With four championships, the Bordeaux Red and Whites are the number three in Bosnia and Herzegovina behind Zeljeznicar Sarajevo and Zrinjski Mostar. Even in times of the country Yugoslavia, it had twice served for the championship title (1967 + 1985). In the 2018/19 season, the Fudbalski Klub secured the title with five points ahead of the defending champion Zrinjski Mostar. 42 of its 70 counters were picked up by the FKS at home. There was only one defeat of the season in the last season. Between the season 1967/68 and the season 2018/19 reached the Bosnians several times the European Cup. About the third round of the club, however, had hardly got out.

Only two times Sarajevo made it to the Europa League Playoffs: 2009/10 failed here to Cluj, 2014/15 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the preseason, the club was allowed in the Europa League, but there separated in the second round clearly against Atalanta Bergamo (2: 2, 0: 8). Well-known additions or departures could not record the club before the current season. The back four was weakened by the departure of Almir Bekic and Aleksandar Sofranac.

The team was reinforced with transfers such as Besim Serbecic and Bojan Letic. The league season starts for the FK on Sunday with a home game against Zrinjski Mostar. Should coach Husref Musemic’s side drop out of the premier class, as expected, the club would have a bye in the next Europa League round and should soon enter the third qualifying round.

Expected formation of FK Sarajevo:
Kovacevic – Hodzic, Lazic, Serbecic, Hebibovic – Sabanovic, Velkoski – Milanovic, Rahmanovic, Oremus – Ahmetovic

Last matches of FK Sarajevo:

⚽️ 09.07.2019 – FK Sarajevo Vs. Celtic Glasgow 1: 3 (Champions League)
⚽️ 30.06.2019 – Domzale vs. FK Sarajevo 3: 2 (Friendly Match)
⚽️ 26.06.2019 – FK Sarajevo Vs. Slovacko 0: 2 (friendly)
⚽️ 25.05.2019 – GOSK Gabela vs. FK Sarajevo 0: 2 (Premijer League)
⚽️ 18.05.2019 – FK Sarajevo Vs. Zvijezda 09 4: 0 (Premijer League)

Celtic vs FK Sarajevo Direct Comparison & Statistics Highlights

The first leg was the first duel between the two clubs. A comprehensive duel history is therefore not available for a prediction before the upcoming match between Celtic Glasgow and FK Sarajevo. However, with 14:10 scores this statistic was not so clear for Celtic, as the result of 3: 1 suggests.

Celtic Glasgow vs FK Sarajevo Our Football Betting Tips and Predictions Explained

The players and responsible of Celtic emphasize before the second leg, that the duel against Sarajevo is not yet decided. At home in the “Paradise” the hoops are traditionally strong. In the league there was in the preseason in front of their own fans in 20 games only one defeat, on the final day against Aberdeen. All in all Celtic had to take only two bankruptcies in the last 31 home games, both in the Europa League (against Salzburg and Valencia).

Last year, the “Bhoys” failed in the third CL qualifying round at the AEK Athens. Then it went on for Celtic in the Europa League, where they came to the sixteenth finals, but there eliminated against Valencia. Sarajevo wants to tie in the first half of the first leg in Celtic Park. Since the Bosnians had even taken the lead and had the Scottish champion reasonably able to deliver a fight at eye level. The winner of the match will face Nomme Kalju from Estonia or Shkendija from Northern Macedonia in the next round. The fact that Celtic Glasgow will win against FK Sarajevo is very likely, according to the bookies.

Key Facts – Celtic vs FK Sarajevo tips

? Celtic lost only two of the last 31 home games
? Of the last five away games Sarajevo could win only one
? In the first leg both clubs met each other for the first time

Anything but getting ahead of Celtic would be a big footballing miracle. The “Hoops” have laid more than just the cornerstone for progressing with the 3: 1 in the first leg. Only questions like: With a lot of percent and which line-up do the hosts go into the return leg? How does Sarajevo want to say goodbye to the CL qualifiers? We do not expect a clear and high victory for Celtic. Coach Lennon could well spare a few regular players.

The guests from Bosnia also want to get out of the affair and will focus more on their defense, perhaps to go home with a draw or a narrow defeat. Thus, we expect a victory without conceding for Glasgow and set the game against Celtic Glasgow. FK Sarajevo on betting odds of 1.66 our tip on “Celtic Glasgow wins to zero”. We decide to use three units.

Betting Prediction: Celtic Glasgow wins to zero
Odds: 1.66