STAR PREVIEW: FK Qarabag v Celtic

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]shera did the column a nice favour when winning (only narrowly) at Cork last night.

Champions League qualifying action tonight and I’m heading to Azerbaijan for the second leg between Qarabag and Celtic which kicks off at 5.30pm and is live on BT SPORT.

Celtic take a slender 1-0 lead into the second leg – a late goal from Dedryck Boyata splitting the two sides at Celtic Park.

Since then, Celtic have made a winning start in the Scottish Premiership with a 2-0 win over Ross County on Saturday.

There’s been plenty of pre-match grumbling from Celtic that the pitch tonight is not up to scratch. This, combined with temperatures estimated to reach 37 degrees could lead to an eventful match.

Reports have suggested that the extremely hot weather has left 30% of the pitch unplayable, with other sections of the surface uneven and rutted.

Celtic captain Scott Brown: “We’re a big club and we need to produce results. It would be a big step if we can win this game. They’re very technical, they’ve got some skilful players and they try to work as a team. Overall we are as good as anybody in this competition and we need to go and show it.”

Qarabag will be boosted by a home crowd of 30,000 but the bet probably has to be the draw at around 11/5 with Star Sports which would be good enough from Celtic’s perspective.

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