Celtic-Slovan Bratislava and Club Brugge-Borussia Dortmund are two Champions League first-day matches and are played Wednesday at 9 p.m.: TV, streaming, likely lineups, predictions.
Despite a few painful disposals-one above all that of O’Riley, who ended up at Brighton for about £30 million-Celtic at home continue to do well. Only wins so far for the emblazoned Glasgow club between league and domestic cup, including a very stern 3-0 thrashing of city rivals Rangers at Celtic Park.
In the standings, Brendan Rodgers’ green-and-whites are still on full points but must share the summit with a surprising Aberdeen, paired on 15 points. Celtic will now try to do well in the Champions League as well: the goal, in addition to trying to get back into the top 24 in the new league phase, is to avoid the meager figures of recent seasons. The first match is within reach of Rodgers’ team: in Glasgow comes Slovan Bratislava, a club that made it to the final stage (first time in its history) after no less than four preliminary rounds. The Slovaks, led by the experienced Vladimir Weiss, knocked off Midtjylland in the play-offs and their only defeat came in the league against Zilina, who surprisingly overwhelmed them 5-0 at home. Thud that for the moment does not prevent Slovan from looking down on everyone.
The Prediction
Two teams with very similar values: both, from the midfield upwards, can count on quality elements capable of piercing the opponent’s goal. Celtic, in any case, remains favored because of the field factor: in Glasgow the green-and-whites have an edge.
Celtic-Slovan Bratislava
likely lineups.
CELTIC (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kühn, Furuhashi, Maeda.
SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (4-2-3-1): Takáč; Blackman, Kashia, Wimmer, Sharani; Bajrić, Kucka; Barseghyan, Tolić, Weiss; Strelec.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
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Vice-champion Dortmund starts again in Bruges
Borussia Dortmund also makes its debut in the new Champions League, which last year amazed everyone by making it to the very final against Real Madrid (hasn’t happened in 11 years).
The yellow-and-whites at the end of the season had to deal with the farewell of coach Terzic, one of the protagonists of that ride, and replaced him with his former deputy Nuri Sahin. Beyond a draw (0-0) on the second day of the championship with Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund has won them all so far, and in the last round they won 4-2 over hostile Heidenheim (two goals from a wild Adeyemi). Sahin and his men will make their Belgian debut against Club Brugge, who managed to qualify without going through the preliminaries thanks to their triumph in the last Belgian championship, which they won following a sensational comeback. After a stuttering start, Nicky Hayen’s Nerazzurri have found themselves again and have made it four wins in a row, which for now are worth first place arm in arm with Genk.
The Prediction
We say Borussia Dortmund but Brugge practice offensive soccer, are scoring with great frequency and are very likely to score at least one goal against the Yellowonians, in a match of at least three goals total.
The likely lineups of Club Brugge-Borussia Dortmund
CLUB BRUGGE (4-3-3): Mignolet; Seys, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onyedika, Vetlesen, Vanaken; Skov Olsen, Nilsson, Tzolis.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-3-3): Kobel; Anton, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson; Emre Can, Gross; Brandt, Malen, Adeyemi; Guirassy.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
