Sparta Prague v Celtic Glasgow – Prediction (Europa League – 26.11.2020)

H2H: Sparta v Celtic – Comparison.

Sparta’s Lukáš Juliš netted a hat-trick in the reverse fixture, and in doing so, doubled his career tally of European goals. Meanwhile, Mohamed Elyounoussi has scored five goals across Celtic’s previous three away games – four were struck before HT. Sparta have conceded after the 60th minute in six straight UEL matches.

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Sparta Insights.

Sparta Prague hammered Celtic 4-1 away in the reverse fixture, becoming only the third team in history to score 4+ goals in a European match at Celtic Park (excluding qualifiers). That has kept their progression hopes alive after losing their opening two UEFA Europa League (UEL) group matches by a three-goal margin, trailing at HT in both. However, that Celtic win was also their only victory across their last five competitive matches, after Sparta conceded at least three goals in each of the other four. If they wish to achieve a double over the Scottish champions, Sparta will look to score first, as the team that’s netted the opener has won 12 of their last 14 competitive home games (W11, L3).

Celtic Insights.

Celtic are in dire straits with just two wins from their previous eight competitive matches (W2, D3, L3), and sit bottom of UEL Group H after registering just a single point and conceding an average of 3.0 goals per fixture. After that 4-1 humbling, they start as outsiders here, which is little surprise considering they possess a poor 8.7% win-rate on the road in the UEL proper. There’s no doubt this is a must-win for the 51-time Scottish champions, and they did pick up their sole point this campaign on the road. That result forms part of an impressive 23-game unbeaten away run in all competitions (W17, D6), the last four of which saw both teams score and over 3.5 goals.

Match Info and Live Scores.