Aston Villa vs Celtic
Aston Villa -1 Asian Handicap at 1.77 with Pinnacle - 2 units
Aston Villa haven’t had much success these past few weeks but I like this spot here
First let’s examine their form at Villa park, in the League they’ve lost just one of 17, that came last season against Arsenal
They’ve not conceded a single goal here in the UCL taking 7 points from a possible 9 beating Bologna and Bayern Munich while drawing 0-0 with a stubborn Juve side
Celtic have travelled to two strong sides this campaign, Dortmund wiped the floor with them scoring 7 off 3.4xG and Atalanta put up similar xG and shot numbers but were unable to find the net. Both games were extremely one sided.
When we go back to last season we see a similar trend, Celtic scored 0 and conceded 3.33 goals per road game (Atleti, Feyenoord, and Lazio)
Looking at Atalanta, Villa, and Dortmund there’s not a million miles of difference in terms of quality between these sides (Atalanta clearly the pick of the bunch) but I won’t be surprised to see Villa put up a similar attacking output
Celtic will also be without their Japanese duo of Furuhashi (sold to Rennes) and Maeda (suspended) - These two combined for 27 goal contributions this season (league and UCL) and scored 31 combined last term.
