Celtic vs FC Copenhagen Predictions

• Since 2018, Celtic have kept a clean sheet in five out of ten home matches in the Europa League.
• Since 2018, Copenhagen have failed to score five times away from home in the Europa League.
• Copenhagen registered just four shots when the pair met in the first leg in Denmark last week.

Home is where the heart is

Celtic may not have got their noses in front in Denmark last week, but they avoided defeat and were the better side in doing so, which bodes well ahead of a match at Celtic Park, where the Bhoys have been excellent in recent times.

Neil Lennon’s men have won nine of their last ten at Celtic Park, while they’ve only lost one of their last 19 home matches in all competitions. Moreover, the Hoops have won each of their last four home matches in this competition, conceding just two goals and beating some useful sides such as Rennes and Lazio in the process.

Given their pleasing recent record at home in Europe, Thursday’s hosts will surely fancy themselves to get the job done against a side that they outplayed a week ago.

Travelling woes for visitors

While Celtic approach this match undoubtedly feeling good about their home exploits, the visitors probably won’t be feeling happy about their recent efforts on the road. Copenhagen come into this game having won none of their last three travelling games, two of which of they failed to score in.

Away from their domestic endeavours, Copenhagen haven’t exactly been in menacing form away from home on the continent in recent times. They did win their final travelling group match, beating Lugano by a goal to nil, but that’s not exactly anything to shout about, while that was their first away win in six UEL attempts. Since 2018, Copenhagen have struggled to score goals away from home, finding the net just three times since in their last 540 minutes of away-day action.

Stick with the hosts

Given the fact that they restricted Copenhagen to few attempts at goal in the reverse fixture, the hosts are easy to fancy ahead of Thursday’s clash in Glasgow. Punters can profit by siding with ‘Celtic to Win & Under 3.5 Goals’. Their first-leg efforts point towards the hosts doing well on Thursday, as do their recent efforts at home in this competition, though we shouldn’t expect them to run riot. For all Copenhagen have struggled offensively on the road, they’ve not often conceded lots of goals. In fact, they’ve not conceded more than once away from home in the Europa League since 2017. Add in that less than three goals have been scored in nine of Celtic’s last ten UEL home matches, eight of which they’ve won, and a low-scoring home wins gets the nod.