Celtic vs Young Boys Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

Often forced to leave in the first round during their last appearances in the Champions League, Celtic were able to take full advantage of the change in the formula of the competition to try to continue their European epic this season. The Scots are in 20th place in the standings with 9 points on the clock after 6 days and they can legitimately hope to secure a ticket for the play-offs. If we put aside the road trip experienced in Dortmund 7-1 during the 2nd day, they remained undefeated against Slovan Bratislava 5-1, Atalanta 0-0, RB Leipzig 3-1, Club Bruges 1-1 and Dinamo Zagreb 0-0. At the same time, Celtic are also uncompromising. Large leader of the Premier League, they will still face Ross County and Dundee United before this meeting. For their part, Young Boys have experienced a real crossroads in this new version of the Champions League.

Because after 6 matches, the Swiss have still not collected a single point in the tournament where they find themselves in last position in the ranking. Worse still, heavy defeats followed one another for this team which was heavily dominated by Aston Villa 0-3, Barcelona 5-0, Inter 0-1, Shakhtar 2-1, Atalanta 1- 6 and Stuttgart 5-1. The Bern players are not much more comfortable in the championship where they are only 9th out of 12. Before this game, they will face Winterthur.

Celtic are lucky to have an almost complete squad. Indeed, only important midfielder James Forrest is on the flank at the moment. Also, all of the best offensive cartridges will be available for this training. Among the players to follow, we can obviously cite the German striker Kühn who has 9 goals scored in the league, just ahead of the Japanese Furuhaschi (8 goals). The formidable McGregor (6 goals), Hatate (6 goals) and Idah (5 goals) are not to be outdone. Also note the presence in the cages of veteran goalkeeper Schmeichel and prolific Canadian defender Johnston (4 goals).

In the Champions League, the most effective player of this team is the Japanese Maeda (3 goals) ahead of the German Kühn (2 goals). There are more problems to deplore among the Young Boys who cannot count on the potential starting striker Elia, midfielder Chaiwa and the replacements or long-term absentees Crnovrsanin, Conte and Janko. Central defender Husic and striker Conte are not qualified for this Champions League. Offensively, the interesting Monteiro has scored 2 goals in this Champions League and he is the only member of this team to have scored more than once in the competition. He is also at the top of the league scorers rankings for this team with 5 goals, tied with Ganvoula and ahead of Itten (4 goals).