Celtic vs AS Roma prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-12-10 20:00.
[p]Two sides who fell to humbling domestic defeats at the weekend look to get back to winning ways when Roma travel to Glasgow to face Celtic.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Wilfried Nancy’s first game as Celtic boss didn’t go to plan on Sunday, as his side fell to a 2-1 home defeat against title rivals Hearts. The Scottish giants now trail Hearts by three points at the Scottish Premiership summit, but Nancy’s immediate focus is on cementing Celtic’s pre-round top-24 placing in the UEFA Europa League (UEL), and he shouldn’t be too concerned by Sunday’s home defeat as they’d won five games in a row prior at Celtic Park. Celtic’s last 19 UEL main-draw home games have been decided one way or another (W10, L9) and hint at an all-or-nothing game here, but with a Scottish League Cup final against St Mirren in the days following this clash, it remains to be seen what approach the new coach will take. [/p]
[p]Roma felt the same sinking feeling as Celtic over the weekend as they went down 1-0 against Cagliari, a result which marked successive defeats by the same scoreline and means Roma have slipped four points off the Serie A title pace. They start this UEL round just a point outside of the top eight and their relatively healthy position is largely down to winning their last two UEL games, including a 2-0 victory against Celtic’s bitter rivals Rangers. The last team to win away from home against both Celtic and Rangers in the same season in all competitions was Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2012/13, so Roma could join an exclusive club if they can build on an impressive travelling record this season (W7, L2). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be a first-ever H2H between these two sides. Celtic have won just two of their last 16 against Italian opponents (D4, L10), with four of the last five such games ending in defeat (D1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]The home side on the day hasn’t scored more than once in Celtic’s last five matches. [/p]
[p]Nine of Celtic’s last 11 UEL main-draw home games featured over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Roma haven’t conceded more than once in their last ten away games.[/p]
[p]Five of Roma’s last seven games produced under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Celtic could look to Daizen Maeda to get them off to a strong start given he’s opened the scoring with four of his six goals this season. It was Roma’s MatĂas SoulĂ© who opened the scoring when Roma visited Glasgow last month and his last three club strikes have arrived inside the opening 25 minutes of away games.[/p]
[p]Celtic have no new injury concerns, while Roma remain without Artem Dovbyk. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Celtic in a period of transition under Nancy, we’re backing Roma to capitalise with a victory here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]