Celtic Park, in Glasgow, will host this Wednesday, August 26, the meeting involving Celtic, from Scotland, and Ferencvaros, from Hungary, for the quarter-finals of the qualifiers that serve to indicate the last participants of the 2020 version / 2021 Champions League.
At the current stage, 24 teams struggle to take it a step further. As in the previous round, the round of 16, the confrontations are defined in a single game, a novelty in the regulation compared to last year, aiming to shorten the dispute. Thus, an extension of 30 minutes and a penalty shootout are the means to indicate the survivor in case of draw in the regulatory period.
The Scottish giant overcame the first stage on its journey to reach the 2020/2021 Champions League group stage with ease. Also at Celtic Park, he beat Reykjavik 6-0 on August 18. He opened the scoring in just six minutes, scored 3-0 in the first half and doubled the advantage in the second stage.
He returned to the field on Saturday, August 22. This time acting as a visitor, he overcame Dundee United with more difficulty. He scored 1 to 0. The game was part of the schedule for the fifth round of the Premiership, the elite division of the Scottish Championship version 2020/2021.
With seven points (two wins and one draw), Celtic is in fourth place in the tournament. It is six points behind Rangers and Hibernian. However, he played two games less than most rivals, as he has had games postponed so that he can concentrate his efforts on fighting for the Champions League place.
Celtic in the current season
Premiership
08/22 2020 Dundee U. 0 – 1 Celtic
Champions League Qualification
08/18 2020 Celtic 6 – 0 Reykjavik
Premiership
08/09 2020 Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Celtic
02/08 2020 Celtic 5 – 1 Hamilton
Club Friendlies
07/27 2020 Celtic 3 – 1 Hibernian
The victory of Ferencvaros in the round of 16 of the qualifiers for the group stage of the Champions League 2020/2021 was not so wide. However, his rival was technically superior. On August 19, he faced, playing in his domain, Djurgaarden, champion of Sweden. He scored 2 to 0.
It was better over most of the confrontation. He opened the scoring after 33 minutes. Nguen pointed out. The same athlete closed the scoring after 17 minutes of the second phase. With 11 submissions created, Ferencvaros sent seven on target. The rivals, with ten finishing opportunities, only managed to disturb the Hungarian team’s goalkeeper in three of them.
As with Celtic, Ferencvaros counted on the assistance of OTP Bank Liga and had a free agenda at the end of the week, gaining free time to prepare for this Wednesday’s meeting. Thus, his only game for the 2020/2021 season for the Hungarian Championship was the 1-1 draw away from home with MTK Budapest on 14 August.
Ferencvaros in the current season
Champions League Qualification
08/19 2020 Ferencvaros 2 – 0 Djurgaarden
NB I
08/14 2020 MTK Budapest 1 – 1 Ferencvaros
Club Friendlies
08/08 2020 Sturm Graz 0 – 1 Ferencvaros
NB I
06/27 2020 Ferencvaros 1 – 0 Mezokovesd SE
06/23 2020 Fehervar FC 1 – 0 Ferencvaros
Hegemonics in their countries, Celtic and Ferencvaros are still far from their best form. The prediction for draw is the guess indicated for this Wednesday’s meeting in the quarter-finals of the qualifiers to define the last components for the 2020/2021 version of the Champions League.
Betting Tips: draw
Odds: 5.00
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