Celtic vs. Slovan Bratislava - Prediction, Team News, Lineups

Preview

Celtic will be looking to make it two wins from two in the Europa League group stages when they host Slovan Bratislava on Thursday night. The Hoops got their Group F campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory over Ferencvaros last week, while Slovan Bratislava were beaten 4-2 by Bayer Leverkusen.

Celtic are unbeaten in their last six matches in all competitions, and they will be confident of getting the better of Slovan Bratislava, who have lost their last two away games in the Europa League.

Team News

Celtic will be without the suspended Carl Starfelt and David Turnbull for the visit of Slovan Bratislava. Starfelt was sent off in the win over Ferencvaros, while Turnbull picked up a knock in training.

Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava will be without suspended midfielder Vladimir Weiss for the trip to Glasgow.

Lineups

Celtic: Hart; Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Jenz, Taylor; McGregor, Hatate, O'Riley; Abada, Giakoumakis, Jota Slovan Bratislava: Chovan; Medvedev, Kashia, Abena, De Kamps; Kucka, Barseghyan, Cavric; Pauschek, Rafael Ratao, Green

Prediction

Celtic are the clear favorites to win this match. They are the home team, they are in good form, and they have a strong squad. Slovan Bratislava are a good team, but they are unlikely to be able to live with Celtic's quality.

We predict that Celtic will win the match 2-0.