- 凯尔特人队最近八场比赛中有五场进球数低于2.5球
- 凯尔特人在过去的11场比赛中保持了8场零失球
- 布拉加最近四场比赛每场都进了2.5个球以下
凯尔特人队又一场小心翼翼的比赛
凯尔特人的欧联杯比赛以1比1战平贝尔格莱德红星队拉开序幕，他们将在周四晚上欢迎布拉加来到他们的格拉斯哥堡垒时寻求在此基础上再接再厉。
布伦丹·罗杰斯的球队目前在苏格兰超级联赛中排名第二，在六场比赛中赢了四场，打了两场，但周六在主场与希伯尼安的无进球平局进一步突显了他们的进攻困境。
Bhoys在六场联赛中只进了八个球，其中四场比赛的得分低于2.5分，他们在欧冠资格赛中与哈萨克斯坦球队Kairat Almaty打了两场零比零的平局，然后在点球大战中出局。
凯尔特人的防守能力没有什么问题；本赛季，他们在11场比赛中保持了8场零失球；但在最后三分之一缺乏临床收尾是他们的失败，布拉加是一个难以破解的难题。
布拉加在普里梅拉联赛的开局很糟糕，七场比赛中只赢了两场，但在欧联杯揭幕战中主场以1比0战胜费耶诺德的比赛表明了他们的能力。
很容易想象这对搭档在这场比赛的大部分时间里会相互抵消，尤其是布拉加的最后四场比赛总共只有五个进球。
在这四场比赛中，有三场比赛只有一个进球，布拉加在联赛中以1比0输给了吉尔·维森特和国家队，所以凯尔特人队可能能够在得分较低的比赛中取得优势。
- Five of Celtic’s last eight games have gone under 2.5 goals
- Celtic have kept eight clean sheets in their last 11 games
- Each of Braga’s last four matches have gone under 2.5 goals
Another cagey contest on the cards for Celtic
Celtic’s Europa League campaign kicked off with a respectable 1-1 draw away at Red Star Belgrade and they will be looking to build on that when they welcome Braga to their Glasgow fortress on Thursday evening.
Brendan Rodgers’s side currently sit second behind Hearts in the Scottish Premiership, having won four and drawn two of their six games, but Saturday’s goalless draw at home to Hibernian further highlighted their attacking struggles.
The Bhoys have scored only eight goals in six league outings, with four of those matches going under the 2.5-mark, and they played out two goalless draws with Kazakhstani outfit Kairat Almaty in Champions League qualifying before crashing out on penalties.
There is nothing wrong with Celtic’s defensive aptitude – they have kept eight clean sheets in 11 competitive outings this term – but a lack of clinical finishing in the final third is their undoing and Braga are a tough nut to crack.
Braga have had a miserable start to their Primeira Liga campaign, winning only two of their seven outings, but a battling 1-0 success at home to Feyenoord in their Europa League opener shows their capabilities.
It is easy to envisage this pair cancelling one another out for large parts of this encounter, especially with Braga’s last four matches having featured a total of only five goals.
Three of those four games featured just one goal, with Braga suffering 1-0 defeats in the league to Gil Vicente and Nacional, so Celtic may be able to edge a low-scoring encounter.
