On Thursday evening, from 20:00, Celtic Glasgow and Rennes meet in the 5th stage of the UEFA Europa League groups. The opponents of the CFR are at opposite ends of the standings: Celtic leads with 10 points (7-3 goal), while Rennes is last, with one point (2-5 goal).
The hosts are without Arzani, Bain and Simunovic, while Rennes comes to Celtic Park without Camavinga, Guclu, Johansson and Marvin. The French no longer have hopes of qualifying in the European spring, but the white-greens can conclude the counts with success in front of their fans. As we used to, Celtic puts pressure on opponents from the beginning when they evolve on their own ground, which is why the 1.57 victory rate sounds tempting to us.
Celtic is in good shape and comes after clear victories with St. Mirren (2-0), Hibernian (5-2), Motherwell (2-0) and Livingston (4-0), internally. In the Europa League, Neil Lennon’s team won the duel with Lazio, moving (2-1), returning to the table, so the morale is high in the Scottish camp. Without big batch problems, the hosts should impose their game.
Rennes is in shape after the successful “miracles” in front of PSG at the start of the season. On the move, Rennes has two consecutive failures, 1-2 with Dijon and 0-1 with CFR Cluj, and the contribution of the middle line could be limited by Celtic’s combative players. Over time, the two clubs have met five times (twice in friendly matches), and Rennes has so far failed to achieve any success. In the tour, the broncos drew with Celtic at home, score 1-1.
Celtic comes after 10 consecutive victories on their own ground, in all competitions, while Rennes has never won a draw away (in the Europa League / UEFA Cup) of 19 matches! Odsonne Edouard has registered in 3 of the last 4 matches played at home by Celtic and will again be the main favorite at goal, as the Hexagon defense does not impress.
TEAMS PROBABLE AT CELTIC – RENNES
Celtic: Forster – Taylor, Ajer, Jullien, Bauer – McGregor, Brown – Christie, Rogic, Forrest – Edouard
Rennes: Mendy – Traore, Da Silva, Gnagnon, Maouassa – Bourigeaud, Tait, Grenier, Gelin – Niang, Del
PREDICTION: Celtic to win @ 1,50
