Celtic V Arsenal: Champions League Preview

Celtic v Arsenal, Tuesday 18 August 2009, Celtic Park, Kick-Off: 19:45

Celtic

Last season's SPL runners-up Celtic come into this Champions League qualifying match after a 3-1 victory over Aberdeen on the weekend.

Celtic progressed to this round after their 2-1 aggregate victory over FC Dinamo Moscow in the third qualifying round.

Defender Glenn Loovens is a doubt for Celtic for this match with a knee injury.

Arsenal

Arsenal enter this match after a resounding 6-1 weekend thrashing of Everton at Goodison Park.

The Gunners should have both Theo Walcott and Abou Diaby fit for this match, after both players missed the weekend encounter with injuries.

Prediction

The two teams go into this first-leg encounter confident after weekend victories, however, it will be the Gunners who enter the fixture as favourites after their incredible performance against last season's FA Cup runners-up Everton.

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray will be hoping for an upset victory for Celtic in order to give them the upper hand going into the second-leg at Emirates Stadium but on current form, it looks as if it will be Arsenal who will go into next week's reverse fixture with an aggregate lead as they look good value for a win on Tuesday night.

Celtic vs Arsenal Prediction: Celtic 0—Arsenal 2

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