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Aston Villa v Celtic : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 29th Jan, 20:00 BST, Villa Park, Birmingham

Brendan Rodgers will be hoping for a precious away win in the Champions League on Wednesday night, as he takes his Celtic side to the Villa Park to visit Aston Villa and Unai Emery. All of the key stats for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are included in this preview. It's all designed to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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Best Tip: A Villa to win

Studying the bookmakers' odds and collated stats regarding the two teams ahead of this Champions League game, a bet on win / draw / win for A Villa to win on home turf is our recommendation. We predict they will have too much for Celtic, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. It could be a tighter than we expect, but A Villa to win is the bet come Wednesday night.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think A Villa are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A Villa
64%
1/2
4%
8/15
3%
Draw
20%
16/5
5%
17/5
2%
Celtic
16%
5/1
9%
19/4
10%
A Villa 2-0
10%
7/113/2
A Villa 1-0
10%
7/16/1
A Villa 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
9%
7/113/2
A Villa 3-0
7%
10/1
8%
9/1
A Villa 3-1
7%
11/19/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/111/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
Celtic 1-0
5%
16/112/1
Celtic 2-1
4%
16/114/1
15%
A Villa 4-0
4%
20/114/1
12%
A Villa 4-1
4%
20/1
9%
16/1
A Villa 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Celtic 2-0
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
10%
A Villa 4-2
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
4/613/20
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
6/523/20
Home 1st Goal
57%
4/11
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
40%
9/4
5%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
3/43/4
BTTS - No
46%
1/119/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
30%
21/10
3%
2/1
BTTS - Draw
15%
9/2
10%
17/4
BTTS - Away Win
9%
9/1
5%
15/2
6%
Home/draw
84%
1/8
2%
2/15
2%
Away/draw
36%
6/4
9%
29/20
3%
Home/away
80%
2/91/5
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
1/5
2%
1/5
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
7/2
4%
3/1
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
13/8
5%
8/5
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
1/2
4%
4/9
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
7/2
10%
7/2
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/5
3%
2/11
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
8/1
10%
15/2
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/14
1%
1/18
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/40
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/111/1
Home DNB
78%
1/5
2%
1/5
2%
Away DNB
30%
10/3
8%
16/5
8%
A Villa win to nil
34%
13/8
5%
-
Celtic win to nil
8%
10/1
10%
-
A Villa / A Villa
35%
13/10
4%
5/4
2%
A Villa / Celtic
2%
40/128/1
A Villa / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / A Villa
19%
10/3
4%
16/5
3%
Draw / Celtic
7%
11/1
9%
10/1
10%
Draw / Draw
13%
11/25/1
Celtic / A Villa
4%
18/1
10%
16/1
Celtic / Celtic
9%
17/2
6%
15/2
6%
Celtic / Draw
5%
16/114/1
15%
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Win / draw / win Champions League table
Won
Draw
Lost
A Villa
Celtic
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool77001321 
-
-
-
-
2
Barcelona76011518 
-
-
-
-
3
Arsenal75111216 
-
-
-
-
4
Inter7511716 
-
-
-
-
5
A.Madrid7502515 
-
-
-
-
6
Milan7502415 
-
-
-
-
7
Atalanta74211414 
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
8
Leverkusen7412613 
-
-
-
-
9
A Villa Home7412513 
-
-
-
Jan 29
10
Monaco7412313 
-
l
 
1-0A
-
-
11
Feyenoord7412213 
-
-
-
-
12
Lille7412213 
-
-
-
-
13
Brest7412213 
-
-
-
-
14
Dortmund7403812 
-
-
-
l
 
7-1A
15
Bayern7403612 
w
 
1-0F
-
-
-
16
Real Madrid7403512 
-
-
-
-
17
Juventus7331412 
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
-
18
Celtic Away7331112 
Jan 29
-
-
-
19
PSV7322311 
-
-
-
-
20
Brugge7322-211 
-
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
-
21
Benfica7313210 
-
-
-
-
22
PSG7313210 
-
-
-
-
23
S. Lisbon7313110 
-
-
-
-
24
Stuttgart7313-110 
-
-
-
-
25
Man City722328 
-
-
-
-
26
D. Zagreb7223-88 
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
27
Shakhtar7214-67 
-
-
-
-
28
Bologna7124-55 
w
 
2-0F
-
-
-
29
Sparta7115-124 
-
-
-
-
30
RB Leipzig7106-63 
-
w
 
2-3F
w
 
3-1A
-
31
Girona7106-73 
-
-
-
-
32
Red Star Bel.7106-103 
-
-
-
-
33
Sturm Graz7106-103 
-
-
-
-
34
Salzburg7106-193 
-
-
-
-
35
S. Bratislava7007-180 
-
-
w
 
5-1F
-
36
Young Boys7007-200 
-
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
-
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Win / draw / win form
11
Celtic have not won in 11 consecutive away european games
3
A Villa have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home european games
A Villa 9TH
18 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
17 / 18
Conceded
11 / 18
Clean sheets
7 / 18
Failed to score
1 / 18
Won
10
Draw
5
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A Villa0 - 0Juventus
A Villa2 - 0Bologna
A Villa1 - 0Bayern
A Villa2 - 4Olympiakos
A Villa2 - 1Lille
A Villa4 - 0Ajax
A Villa2 - 1L. Warsaw
A Villa2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
A Villa1 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
A Villa3 - 0Hibernian
A Villa2 - 3Rapid Wien
A Villa2 - 1Rapid Wien
A Villa1 - 1CSKA M
A Villa1 - 2Zilina
A Villa2 - 1Ajax
A Villa1 - 1Litex Lovech
A Villa1 - 1Litex
A Villa1 - 1FH
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AA Villa0 - 1Monaco
AA Villa3 - 2RB Leipzig
HA Villa0 - 0Juventus
AA Villa0 - 1Brugge
HA Villa2 - 0Bologna
HA Villa1 - 0Bayern
AA Villa3 - 0Young Boys
AA Villa0 - 2Olympiakos
HA Villa2 - 4Olympiakos
AA Villa1 - 2Lille
HA Villa2 - 1Lille
HA Villa4 - 0Ajax
AA Villa0 - 0Ajax
AA Villa1 - 1Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
HA Villa2 - 1L. Warsaw
HA Villa2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
AA Villa4 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HA Villa1 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
AA Villa2 - 3L. Warsaw
HA Villa3 - 0Hibernian
Celtic 18TH
20 league games
Away
11
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
53
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
D. Zagreb0 - 0Celtic
Atalanta0 - 0Celtic
Dortmund7 - 1Celtic
Lazio2 - 0Celtic
A.Madrid6 - 0Celtic
Feyenoord2 - 0Celtic
Real Madrid5 - 1Celtic
RB Leipzig3 - 1Celtic
Shakhtar1 - 1Celtic
Bodø2 - 0Celtic
Leverkusen3 - 2Celtic
Ferencvaros2 - 3Celtic
Real Betis4 - 3Celtic
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1Celtic
Jablonec2 - 4Celtic
Midtjylland1 - 1Celtic
Milan4 - 2Celtic
Sparta4 - 1Celtic
Lille2 - 2Celtic
Sarajevo0 - 1Celtic
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCeltic1 - 0Young Boys
ACeltic0 - 0D. Zagreb
HCeltic1 - 1Brugge
HCeltic3 - 1RB Leipzig
ACeltic0 - 0Atalanta
ACeltic1 - 7Dortmund
HCeltic5 - 1S. Bratislava
HCeltic2 - 1Feyenoord
ACeltic0 - 2Lazio
ACeltic0 - 6A.Madrid
HCeltic2 - 2A.Madrid
HCeltic1 - 2Lazio
ACeltic0 - 2Feyenoord
ACeltic1 - 5Real Madrid
HCeltic1 - 1Shakhtar
HCeltic0 - 2RB Leipzig
ACeltic1 - 3RB Leipzig
ACeltic1 - 1Shakhtar
HCeltic0 - 3Real Madrid
ACeltic0 - 2Bodø
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is fairly strong for Aston Villa in their meeting with Celtic, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 15 consecutive Champions League games.

A Villa 9th Celtic 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 62% probability that A Villa will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Celtic scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
18 home / away league games
=0
A Villa’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-3
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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A Villa
PG (predicted goals)
Celtic
2.1
0.9
Attack rating
AVL
CEL
32%
better
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Games scored14
16
Failed to score6
4
Scored first9
14
Goals scored24
46
Avg. goals scored1.2
2.3
Avg. shots per game9
12
Avg. shots per goal8
5
Conversion rate for13
19
Avg. XG for1.6
2.6
KickOff rating
+32%
Defence rating
AVL
CEL
54%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
7
Clean sheets3
13
Conceded first10
3
Goals conceded31
12
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
11
Conversion rate against16%
9%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+54%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between A Villa v Celtic will show here when available.

A Villa Champions League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7322
E MartínezJ DuránY TielemansL Digne
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Martínez GLK7
-
M Rogers MID711
1
-
Y Tielemans MID712
1
-
J Durán FWD73
1
-
I Maatsen DEF6
1
-
E Konsa DEF6
1
-
P Torres DEF61
1
-
O Watkins FWD62
-
L Digne DEF5
2
-
R Barkley MID51
1
-
J Ramsey MID51
-
J McGinn MID521
-
B Kamara MID5
2
-
L Bailey FWD5
1
-
E Buendía MID4
-
M Cash DEF3
-
A Onana MID31
-
K. Nedeljković DEF2
-
T Mings DEF2
1
-
L Bogarde MID2
-
Celtic Champions League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7332
K SchmeichelD MaedaA EngelsD Maeda
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Schmeichel GLK7
1
-
A Johnston DEF7
1
-
R Hatate MID711
1
-
C McGregor MID7
-
P Bernardo MID7
1
-
A Engels MID713
-
D Maeda FWD73
1
1
K Furuhashi FWD71
-
N Kühn FWD721
1
-
A Trusty DEF6
-
G Taylor DEF61
1
-
A Idah FWD61
-
L Scales DEF51
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF5
1
-
Álex Valle DEF41
-
J Forrest FWD41
-
A Ralston DEF3
1
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD3
-
L McCowan MID2
-
L Palma FWD1
-