Celtic vs Rosenborg
Champions League Third qualifying round
Date: Wednesday, 26th July 2017
Kick off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Celtic Park.
Preview
Over the current years, Celtic administrators have been judged on how well they do in the Champions League and Brendan Rodgers will be the same. Winning the treble in his initially season as supervisor of Celtic was clearly still a major accomplishment, yet Celtic fans will have maybe been similarly as awed with Rodgers for directing them over into the Champions League Group Stage.
A persuading 6-0 prevail upon Linfield in the Second Qualifying Round has helped the Scottish Champions into this tie and Celtic will feel the home Leg will be imperative to their odds of advancing. They beat Linfield 4-0 here a week ago and Celtic will be searching for another positive execution before their enthusiastic home help to set them up for a position in the Play Off Round which is played amidst August.
Celtic have won 15 of their last 17 home recreations in all rivalries since a 0-2 thrashing to Barcelona in the Champions League Group Stage last season. The principal ever British European Champions have additionally won their last 7 home Qualifiers in European Football including every one of the 3 last season which helped them into the Champions League Group Stage interestingly since the 2013/14 season.
This is a group that will hope to get forward and assault Rosenborg, yet the Norwegian Champions must be regarded as they are amidst their household League plan. A 3-2 prevail upon Dundalk in the Second Qualifying Round helped Rosenborg into this Round, yet they required additional opportunity to see off the Irish Champions in the Second Leg at home and this is another progression up in class.
The side have now lost 1 of their last 12 away amusements in all rivalries which incorporates the 1-1 attract Dundalk half a month prior. Last season was the first run through in six years that Rosenborg had been back in the Champions League having been a general name in the opposition 10 years prior, however they fell short at this Third Qualifying Round.
Last season it was APOEL who showed signs of improvement of Rosenborg, and the 1-1 attract Dundalk implies Rosenborg have not won any of their last 7 away European ties. Additional stressing is the reality they had yielded in any event twice in 6 of every a column preceding the attract Ireland and Rosenborg were beaten in both away Champions League ties last season and surrendered three times in both.
Celtic will be facilitating Rosenborg for the third time in Glasgow having beaten them 2-1 of every 1972 and 1-0 out of 2001.
Celtic versus Rosenborg: Head to head
The two sides played each other in the gathering phase of 2001/02 crusade when they took a win each in two amusements.
They, notwithstanding, neglected to meet all requirements for the following stage completing behind any semblance of Juventus and Porto in the gathering E.
Celtic versus Rosenborg: Prediction
Rodgers has a dangerous lineup of strikers who are well equipped for abusing the undeniable gaps in Rosenborg's protective line which is the reason we will back the Hoops to win by at least two objectives as the best wagering choice.
