Aston Villa vs Celtic Prediction & Tips

Luke Hamilton 27 Jan 2025
  • Get predictions, team news and betting tips for the Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic on Wednesday 29th January (9pm GMT).

Aston Villa vs Celtic Predictions

  • Full Time Result: Aston Villa Win
  • Correct Score: 2-1
  • Both Teams To Score: Yes
  • Over 2.5 Goals: Yes
  • First Goalscorer: Callum McGregor

Aston Villa vs Celtic Tips

Tip 1

John McGinn returned from injury in Sunday’s draw and will be a welcome boost for Villa’s chances of qualifying within the top eight of the competition’s new format.

The 30 year old Scotsman has had the most shots on target for Villa in this competition (5), hitting this line on four out of five appearances, including each of the last four.

He’ll have extra motivation this week as a boyhood Celtic fan who almost joined the Hoops before switching Scotland for England when joining the claret and blue back in 2018.

Tip 2

McGinn has scored twice in five UCL appearances, bagging on home soil against Bologna in October and later opening the scoring in Villa’s 3-2 win over Leipzig.

That third-minute strike in Germany was the captain’s last European outing having missed the Monaco defeat through injury and he looks a likely candidate to drag Villa through this nervy encounter on Wednesday night.

Aston Villa Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

Villa were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw in Sunday’s Premier League meeting with West Ham, leaving the Villans with just one win in seven at Villa Park.

AVFC’s injury crisis worsened last weekend when Tyrone Mings limped off with a knee injury. John McGinn, however, boosted the hosts’ ranks with a first appearance in four matches after a hamstring layoff.

Aston Villa Predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Digne, Maatsen; Tielemans, Kamara, McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins.

Celtic Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

The Bhoys had a break from domestic duties, and so they’ll still be riding high from their last outing: a 1-0 win over Young Boys at Celtic Park from a week ago.

Daizen Maeda is suspended for this final UCL league game after being sent off last week, while both James Forrest and Odin Thiago Holm are set to miss this fixture through injury.

Celtic Predicted XI: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Idah, Furuhashi.

Aston Villa vs Celtic Head-To-Head Record

This will be the first time that the club’s have met each other.

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