Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava Prediction and Betting Tips | September 18th 2024

Celtic and Slovan Bratislava clash in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League at Celtic Park on Wednesday. The Scottish powerhouse head into the midweek clash on a 10-game winning streak and will look to begin their European campaign as they mean to go on.

Celtic made light work of Hearts last time out as they secured a comfortable 2-0 victory when the two sides met in the Scottish Premiership at Celtic Park.

Brendan Rodgers’ men have won 10 consecutive games across all competitions and friendly games, a run which has seen them clinch the Scottish League Cup courtesy of a 3-1 victory over Hibernian on August 18.

Celtic will begin the new-look UEFA Champions League group phase after clinching the Premiership title last season with 93 points from 38 games.

Elsewhere, Slovan Bratislava moved one point clear at the top of the Slovakian top-flight standings as they picked up a hard-fought 2-1 victory over DAC 1904 last time out.

Vladimir Weiss’ men have now won all but one of their last five games across all competitions, with a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Zilina on September 1 being the exception.

Slovan Bratislava were made to work their socks off for a Champions League spot as they secured a 4-3 aggregate victory over Midtjylland in the playoff back in August.

Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between Celtic and Slovan Bratislava after 60 years after battling each other across two legs in the 1963-64 Cup Winners Cup. Celtic had won 2-0 on aggregate at the time.
Celtic are unbeaten in their last 23 matches across all competitions and friendly games, claiming 21 wins and two draws since a 2-0 loss against Hearts on March 3.
Slovan Bratislava have gone eight consecutive away games without defeat this season, picking up five wins and three draws so far.
Celtic are on a run of 12 straight home wins across all competitions, stretching back to a 1-1 draw against Kilmarnock on February 17.

Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava Prediction

While Slovan Bratislava will look to pick up where they left off against DAC, they are in for a tough 90 minutes against Celtic who are currently firing on all cylinders.

Rodgers’ men have been near impenetrable on home turf this year and we are backing them to secure all three points on Wednesday.

Prediction: Celtic 2-1 Slovan Bratislava

Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava Betting Tips

Tip 1: Celtic to win

Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals - Yes (There have been three or more goals scored in eight of Celtic’s last 10 matches)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have also been fewer than five bookings in nine of the hosts’ last 10 outings)