Celtic vs LASK predictions and betting tips – Two 100% records collide in Glasgow

Celtic begin their Champions League campaign on Wednesday night as they welcome Austrian champions LASK to Glasgow for the first leg of their play off round tie.

Celtic vs LASK head to head overview

Celtic vs LASK quick tips

• Celtic to win and both teams to score at 12/5 with SBK
• Kasper Hogh to score at 11/10 with SBK
• Samuel Adeniran to score at 16/5 with SBK

Celtic vs LASK prediction

One team’s 100% record for the new season will come to an end at Celtic Park on Wednesday night, as Celtic, who have won three out of three in all competitions so far this season, welcome a LASK side who have won all four of their games to date.

Martin O’Neill’s side will head into the Champions League play off round clash as favourites to reach the league phase of Europe’s elite competition after missing out last season.

The Scottish champions have won all three matches so far this season by a combined scoreline of 10-1, leaving them sat top of the Scottish Premiership in their bid for a sixth consecutive league title.

LASK have never qualified for the group stage or league phase of the Champions League before, but have become a fixture in European football over the last few years, reaching the Europa League thrice and the Conference League twice in the last seven years, though did miss out altogether last season.

Dietmar Kuhbauer’s side was one of the great stories of European football last season, leading his side to just the club’s second ever league title, and their first for 61 years.

The side from Linz have also made a perfect start to their title defence, winning all three league games as well as a cup game, all by a combined scoreline of 16-1, ensuring they make the trip to Glasgow in red hot form and confident mood as they look to spring an upset.

Celtic vs LASK tips

Bhoys put one foot in Champions League

Celtic have reached the Champions League proper in three of the last four seasons, and were distraught to have missed out last season after falling to a penalty shoot out defeat against Kazakh side Kairat.

The Glasgow side will be desperate to right the wrongs of last season and will know a big performance is needed in Wednesday’s first leg at home, and three wins out of three to start the season for Martin O’Neill’s side will have them brimming with confidence.

• Celtic to win and both teams to score at 12/5 with SBK

Hogh to continue strong European record

Kasper Hogh gained rave plaudits in the Champions League last season after scoring five goals in Bodo/Glimt’s run to the last 16 of the competition last season, scoring a brace against Manchester City and one each against Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon.

Celtic managed to secure the signing of the in demand Norwegian striker this summer, and the 25-year-old has hit the ground running in Scotland, bagging a hat trick in just his second game for the club against Kilmarnock just over a week ago.

• Kasper Hogh to score at 11/10 with SBK

Adeniran to score again-iran

LASK have been in free scoring mood since their campaign got underway in late July; averaging four goals per game so far across their four matches, from which they hold a 100% record.

Confidence will be high in the Austrian side’s camp, particularly for star striker Samuel Adeniran, the American having bagged five goals in four appearances so far this season, including four in his last three and a brace in the champions’ win over Ried on Friday night.

• Samuel Adeniran to score at 16/5 with SBK

Celtic vs LASK predicted lineups

Celtic (4-2-3-1): Sinisalo (GK); Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Tierney; McGregor, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Duran, Nygren, Yang; Hogh

LASK (3-4-1-2): Jungwirth (GK); Andrade, Tornich, Mbuyamba; Jorgensen, Horvath, Ljubicic, Bello; Danek; Lang, Adeniran

Celtic vs LASK latest odds

Find the latest Celtic vs LASK betting odds here. All odds are provided by our recommended football bookmakers and are subject to change.

• Celtic – 6/8 with SBK
• Draw – 3/1 with Betway
• LASK – 21/5 with SBK

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Important historical facts about Celtic vs LASK for betting

Wednesday night’s match will be the first ever meeting between the two sides, though Celtic face an unfavourable 3-7 record from their 13 matches against Austrian teams, though did win their most recent one against Sturm Graz last season.

Meanwhile, LASK have won only one of their previous five matches against Scottish opposition, though again, that victory came in their most recent encounter with a Premiership side, knocking St Johnstone out of the Conference League play off round in 2021 with a 2-0 win.

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