Celtic vs JK Nomme Kalju Predictions

Celtic did exactly what was expected of them last season, winning the Scottish Premiership in comfortable fashion, while also winning both domestic cups to achieve the historic “Treble Treble”.

Over the course of Celtic’s 19 home league games last season, they won 17 and drew 2, while winning with under 4.5 goals landing in the match 13 times. Nomme Kalju won’t be any weaker than the average Scottish Premiership team, so it is unlikely that the Scottish side will run riot here.

In Celtic’s 4 qualifying round home games in the last 2 seasons, Celtic have won 3 and drawn 1, with Under 4.5 goals landing in each of those 4 games.

Nomme Kalju are not having a particularly great season so far in the Meistriliiga, as they currently sit in 4th place after 20 games. 8 of their last 9 games away from home in their domestic league have seen under 4.5 goals land, with only 1 game even seeing more than 2 goals.

Nomme Kalju are no rookies to European qualifying rounds, as they have participated in either the Champions League qualifying or Europa League qualifying rounds every year since 2012, however they have never reached the group stages of either competition.

Kalju have lost 5 and drawn 2 of their last 10 away qualifying matches, with Under 4.5 goals landing every time.

Celtic are by far the stronger side in this fixture, but Nomme Kalju will not keel over and let Celtic score for fun. The Scottish side should certainly win the game, but we think it is very unlikely that the match exceeds 5 goals, so we are backing Celtic and Under 4.5 match goals, along with a 3-0 scoreline, as the Estonian side are not particularly strong offensively.