Celtic return to Champions League action on Wednesday night when they host Swiss strugglers Young Boys.
The Scottish giants will be looking for a priceless win to secure their place in the play-offs, with three points expected against unbeaten Young Boys who have conceded 22 and scored just three in their six league games.
Celtic they have impressed in Europe this season despite a 7-1 humiliation against Borussia Dortmund in the second round, with two wins and three draws to earn them nine points. That’s as much as the current European champion Real Madrid managed and more than Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain.
Here 90 minutes key clash guide for the Bhoys.
Celtic vs Young Boys H2H record (all time)
Current form (all competitions)
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Celtic |
Young Boys |
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Celtic 2-1 Kilmarnock – 18.1.25 |
Young Boys 0-0 Winterthur – 18.1.25 |
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Dundee 3-3 Celtic – 14.1.25 |
Young Boys 2-1 Servette – 15.12.24 |
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Ross County 1-4 Celtic – 01.11.25 |
Stuttgart 5-1 Young Boys – 12.11.24 |
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Celtic 2-0 Dundee United – 01.08.25 |
Sion 3-1 Young Boys – 12.07.24 |
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Celtic 3-0 St Mirren – 01.05.25 |
Schaffhausen 0-1 Young Boys – 12.04.24 |
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Earth |
TV channel/live broadcast |
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Great Britain |
TNT Sports 3, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
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United States |
Paramount+, ViX |
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Canada |
DAZN Canada |
Brendan Rodgers has almost his entire first team squad available on Wednesday night and is the only one without James Forrest who has been out since mid-December Victory in the final of the Scottish League Cup over rivals Rangers.
Celtic allowed two players to leave the club on loan during the January window, with Stephen Welsh joining Belgian side KV Mechelen and Odin Thiago Holm moving to Los Angeles FC.
Predicted line-up of Celtic against Young Boys (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Furuhashi, Maeda.
Former Switzerland assistant coach Giorgio Contini is now in charge of the Young Boys, but the 51-year-old drew in his first game in charge of the club this weekend against bottom-of-the-table Winterthur. He wants to steady the ship after a traumatic first half of the 2024/25 season. for the Swiss side.
Contini is without several players for the trip to Glasgow, with Miguel Chaiwa, Saidy Janko and Christian Fassnacht absent. Both Facinet Conte and Abdu Conte are also sidelined.
Predicted lineup of Young Boys against Celtic (4-2-3-1): Keller; Blum, Zoukrou, Benito, Hadjam; Ugrinić, Lakomy; Virginius, Monteiro, Colley; Itten.
The Young Boys have been in disastrous form this season, slumping to ninth in the 12-team Swiss Super League and bottom of the 36-team Champions League. They were particularly poor in defense and Contini will be fearing the worst ahead of the trip to a stormy Celtic Park on Wednesday.
Celtic should secure a fairly routine win against the Swiss side, with their superior quality likely to overwhelm their opponents. The Scottish side have form and confidence in their favor and should take a huge step towards qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages for the first time since 2012/13.
Prediction: Celtic 3-1 Young Boys
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