Celtic – Bayern Munich : Preview & Prediction
This is a very complicated game that the Scottish cast of Celtic has to face on Tuesday when Celtic Park welcomes a candidate for the title as the German team of Bayern Munich, in game corresponding to Group B of the UEFA Champions League.
Celtic
The ones led by Brendan Rodgers come from getting a one-goal equalizer in their game against Kilmarnock in a result that not only allows him to maintain the unbeaten Scottish league, but he also leads with 27 points and a one point advantage over Aberdeen, yes this is normal for Celtic in terms of participation in the local league, the issue goes through their participation in the Champions League in Europe where they lost their games against Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich with a global of 8- 0, happily the 0-3 victory in his visit to Anderlecht leaves him well standing in what is to stay with the third place and play the UEFA Europa League, but the Scottish cast will not give up and this Tuesday will look for a victory that match with Bayern in second place in the group.
For this game Rodgers will not be able to count on several defenders such as Erik Sviatchenko, Jozo Simunovic and Anthony Ralston.
Bayern Munich.
For its part, the arrival of Jupp Heynkes has been vital to the recovery of Bayern Munich so come to win their last five games which highlights the 3-0 win over Celtic and the classification to the third round of the DFB Pokal, and also with their 2-0 victory against RB Leipzig the Bavarians took first place in the Bundesliga with a difference of three points over who was the leader as is Borussia Dortmund who will face next week with the idea of expanding the advantage, but First there is the game against Celtic that is vital to keep a close eye on PSG in that duel for who will stay with the first place in the group.
For this game Heynkes can not count on Manuel Neuer and he joins Franck Ribery, Juan Bernat and Thomas Muller. In the meantime, Robert Lewandowski suffered an injury in the Bundesliga victory over RB Leipzig, but it is slight for what will be of the game.
Facing.
As for direct confrontations, these teams have met three times and all for the UEFA Champions League, of those three, two were victories for Bayern Munich and all at home, tying the remaining game in this same scenario to zero goals.
Prediction.
It is true that Bayern Munich has had complications to get good results playing away from home, but this has been solved with the arrival of Heynkes, the Bavarian cast arrives with the moral at the top not only because of the triumphs but because this confidence has allowed take the first place in the Bundesliga and now facing a rival that is local, has a level of squad below the Bavarians and know that by winning they will have secured a large part of the classification to the next stage of the tournament, so They go for a triumph to avoid complications.
Possible alignments:
Celtic: Gordon; Lustig, Boyata, Bitton, Tierney; Armstrong, Brown; McGregor, Rogic, Sinclair; Dembele.
Bayern Munich: Ulreich; Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Alaba; Vidal, Rudy, Thiago, Robben, James; Lewandowski.
Celtic – Bayern Munich : Betting Tips
Bayern – Win Odds: 1.45
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
