Celtic v Stjarnan Betting Tips and Predictions

Celtic v Stjarnan betting tips and football predictions for Wednesday’s Champions League qualifying first leg with free football tips.

 

Having failed to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League last season, Celtic will be desperate to put it right this time around and should make a positive start by defeating Icelandic side, Stjarnan, in the second qualifying round on Wednesday evening at best odds of 1/14 with Ladbrokes.

 

Football Predictions – Celtic v Stjarnan:

 

The Scottish Champions will have to make it through three qualifying ties to advance to the group stages and begin their campaign at Celtic Park on 15 July with the second leg taking place a week later on 22 July.

 

Stjarnan, who won their first ever Icelandic league title last season, are making their debut in the Champions League, and can be backed at best odds of 40/1 with Betfair to win the first leg on Wednesday night, with the draw on offer at best odds of 18/1 with Betfair.

 

The Icelandic Champions will go into the clash with no fear however having beaten Motherwell 5-4 on aggregate in the second qualifying round for the Europa League in 2014-15. They also defeated Lech Poznan before losing 9-0 on aggregate to Internazionale in the play-off for the group stage last year.

 

Despite the success over Scottish opposition last year, Celtic will provide a much sterner test for Stjarnan and it is hard to see past a convincing win for the Bhoys in our football predictions. Ronny Deila's men also played an Icelandic side, KR Reykjavik, at the same stage last year, beating them 5-0 on aggregate. For a repeat of that scoreline in the first leg this week, you can get odds of 10/1 with Paddy Power.

 

I suspect there won’t be quite that many goals in the first leg however and the real value looks to be in backing Celtic to win on the ‘-2 handicap market’ at 4/6 with Paddy Power. For those who can see a hatful of goals for the home side, -3 is 8/5 with the same bookmaker, while -4 can be backed at 10/3.

 

Our first Celtic v Stjarnan prediction is for Celtic to win the first leg by three goals or more, the best odds are 4/6 with Paddy Power.

 

Deila will be keen for his team to take a healthy lead into the second leg so he can tinker with his side when they travel to Iceland next week. I expect to see Celtic attack from the outset and therefore value also lies in backing Celtic to be leading at both half time and full time in the ‘Half Time/Full Time market’ at odds of 1/3 with Ladbrokes.

 

Our next Celtic v Stjarnan football prediction is a banker and it’s Celtic to be winning at half-time and full-time at 1/3 with Ladbrokes.

 

Losing 2-1 over two legs to Maribor in the play-off stage last season would have wounded the Bhoys, but expect them to get their Champions League qualifying campaign off to the very best possible start by putting a few goals past Stjarnan at Celtic Park  this week.

 

With that in mind our third Celtic v Stjarnan betting tip is for Celtic to be winning 2-0 at half-time, the best odds are 10/3 with Paddy Power.

 

Celtic v Stjarnan Betting Tips

Celtic to win (-2 handicap) – 4/6 with Paddy Power.

Celtic HT/Celtic FT – 1/3 with Ladbrokes.

Celtic to be winning 2-0 at half-time – 10/3 with Paddy Power.

 

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