UEFA Europa League---Celtic FC VS AS Roma Prediction

Celtic FC VS AS Roma    Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:12-12-2025 04:00 Friday
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Despite falling behind early on, strikes from Hyun-Jun Yang, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren made Martin O'Neill's final European game as interim manager truly memorable. Upon the 73-year-old's recent departure, the Bhoys had won five straight Scottish Premiership matches - scoring 12 goals and conceding just one - which trimmed Hearts' big lead at the top of the table.
Having also steered Celtic past old foes Rangers and into the League Cup final, O'Neill was replaced by Wilfried Nancy, who has made a big impact on MLS over the past few seasons. However, the Frenchman lost his first match in charge, going down 2-1 at home to title rivals Hearts last weekend, and he has little time to implement a planned tactical overhaul.  

Roma have more recently enjoyed victory over Celtic's biggest enemies, having beaten Rangers 2-0 at Ibrox just a few weeks ago. So, they can now become the first team for 12 seasons to defeat both Old Firm clubs in Glasgow - improbably, the last was Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Currently two points above Thursday's hosts, Roma posted the first home win of their Europa League campaign by beating former leaders FC Midtjylland last month. Neil El Aynaoui and Stephan El Shaarawy both scored as the Giallorossi inched up to 15th in the table, leaving them just a point outside the top eight, all of whom will directly qualify for the last 16.

Match Prediciton: Celtic 0-1 Roma
Dating back over a decade, none of Celtic's last 19 Europa League home matches have ended in a draw, and that tradition could continue. Despite suffering a couple of setbacks, Gasperini's Roma are far further along their road to renewal than Nancy's work-in-progress.