Celtic vs Bayern Munich: overview, predictions and alignments

A special evening in the Champions League is in store while Celtic faces Bayern Munich during the first leg of his qualifiers on Wednesday.

Celtic celebrated a long-awaited return to the direct elimination phase of this competition by beating young boys 1-0 on day 7, but a 4-2 defeat later in Aston Villa set them up for an almighty equality in Play-offs.

The Brendan Rodgers team dominated again in the country, faced with little competition from the Rangers for their crown of Scottish Premiers.

Celtic Park welcomes the arrival of a European giant in good faith on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich came to town. The side of Vincent Kompany is ready to recover his crown of Bundesliga de Bayer Leverkusen with the manufacturers of history of Xabi Alonso who are undoubtedly struggling to recreate the ridiculous prowers of last season. They are eight points away from the champions of the summit.

There were more question points for Bayern in Europe, however, because they ended the defeat of the league phase in three of their four outside games, which meant that the six times winners did not manage to qualify automatically for the final of 16.

Here is 90 minutes Celtic guide vs Bayern Munich in the Champions League qualifiers.

Celtic tête-à-tête record against Bayern Munich (all games)

Current form (all competitions)

With Kyogo Furuhashi leaving for Rennes in January, Adam Idah has taken a large part of the Celtic goals’ burden in recent times. The striker scored four goals in three games and is the certainty of returning to XI of Rodgers after being rested on weekends.

The Celtic boss has brought large changes for the 5-0 Saturday victory against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup.

Daizen Maeda scored three this weekend, but it was only used because of its suspension in the Champions League. The striker was sent on day 7 of the league phase against young boys. The JOTA return is in the running to replace the Japanese international.

James Forrest is about to miss with an injury to the foot, while Paulo Bernardo is a doubt after hitting the weekend.

Celtic Lination presented vs Backenn (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Idah, Yang.

There was no major Kompany rotation for Bayern’s 3-0 victory against Werder Bremen, but Wednesday visitors had a lot of time to rest since they played on Friday evening.

Thus, we should not see much – if necessary – change from this XI.

Joao Palhinha has not played much during his first campaign and is a doubt through illness. Serge Gnabry was also under the weather on Friday, but Kompany has Michael Olise and Kingsley Coman to call on the reserve.

Alphonso Davies provides an injury to the hamstrings who recently written a contract extension in Munich in the midst of uncertainty surrounding his future.

Bayern prepée Linenage vs Celtic (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Warriro; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Musiala, Coman; Kane

The form of Celtic in front of their own fans helped them participate in the qualifiers, but their three home victories came against teams who failed to finish in the Top 24. Bayern represents a considerable step in quality, But it’s a team with a soft belly.

If Celtic can resist the storms that will meet them and play in the Glasgow atmosphere, they have a chance to obtain a result. The fragiles of Bayern at the counterattacks were deposited naked during the phase of the League in Feyenoord and Aston Villa. Even Slovan Bratislava succeeded last month.

Bayern is understandable favorites, but they can be chained in hostile environments. The hosts have a chance.

Prediction: Celtic 1-1 Bayern Munich

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