With Rangers in division three and the National side
flopping you could be forgiven for taking a good whack at Scottish football but
Celtic are in a great position to give the game a much needed boost when they
take on Helsingborgs in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier tonight.
With a 2-0 lead from the first leg, Neil Lennon’s side are understandably just 1/100 to qualify and can
do that by drawing or even losing by a goal.
Neil Lennon’s men can count their lucky stars that they come
back to Scotland in front, let alone holding a 2-0 lead, but Age Hariede’s side
have only themselves to blame for the deficit. They had 5 gilt edged chances in
just the first half alone to go ahead but somehow contrived to miss all of them
and even in the second half they were truly dominant and unlucky not to score
at least twice. If they can get their shooting boots on them some might find 6/1
about them attractive but there’s a feeling that their chance might have gone –
Celtic have lost just 5 of their last 27 at Parkhead – and in any case they’ve
lost their last three games on the bounce.
With Thomas Rogne (ankle), Scott Brown (groin), Georgios
Samaras (thigh) and Kris Commons (ankle) all being unfit for the game Celtic
themselves are hardly coupon material at just 1/2 for a win though, and anyone
wanting to side with the home side should be looking close at the Draw/Celtic
double results. Celtic have taken some time to get into games this season,
reflected in the three Draw/Celtic results that have taken place in the first
three games of this season - Celtic have scored 9 goals in the second half this
season out of 12. Helsingborgs are sure to go all out for the win but that
could leave gaps later on and if the Bhoys can keep it tight in the first half
the game could be decided after the break.
Advice
1 pt Draw/Celtic (15/4 Bet Victor)
2 pts second half highest scoring (6/5 Coral)
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