Thursday evening, at 17:55, Valencia will receive Celtic’s visit to the second UEFA 16th UEFA Champions League. In the tour, the “bats” won 2-0 away, showing they have at least one upper class against the Scot. Brendan Rodgers’s team has very low chances to qualify.
Valencia is growing in shape, and that should alert the white-eyed, who felt the Iberian power on their own skin. With only one home-based failure in the last 13 official games, Valencia had Denys Cheryshev in full shape at the Glasgow match, and the Russian star could decide once again. Celtic is forced to go out and attack, while black and white have no pressure on the result on their shoulders and should express themselves fluently.
Spaniards are missing Kondogbia, Gabriel and Jimenez, while Piccini is uncertain. Celtic has bigger bumps because Arzani, Eboue, Rogic, Tierney, Benkovic and Ralston are hit, and Griffiths and Ntcham are uncertain, but with good chances of recovery. This means that Marcelino’s team has much better possibilities in the batch, and Gameiro can always be dangerous in the side of the opposing defender. Valencia has not received a goal of 3 official matches and meets a non-hard training team. Even if he “slalomes” smoothly in the domestic league, Celtic is still far from claiming in Europe.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS IN VALENCIA – CELTIC
Valencia: Neto – Wass, Garay, Roncaglia, Gaya – Torres, Coquelin, Kondogbia, Parejo – Gameiro, Cheryshev
Celtic: Bain – Lustig, Boyata, Simunovic, Izaguirre – McGregor, Brown – Forres, Christie, Edouard – S. Sinclair
PREDICTION: Valencia to win @ 1,55
