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Bologna v Celtic : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 22nd Jan, 17:45 BST, Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Bologna are in Europa League action on Thursday evening, as Vincenzo Italiano attempts to outsmart Martin O'Neill and his Celtic side at the Renato Dall'Ara. Europa League stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. You can view it all, with graphics and the best odds available for seventeen major betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Bologna to win

Having examined the bookmakers' odds and collated statistics regarding both teams ahead of this Europa League game, a bet on win / draw / win for Bologna to win on home turf is the way we would recommend bettors go. We predict they will have too much for Celtic, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. It may not all be plain sailing, but Bologna to win is the bet come Thursday evening.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bologna are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bologna 64%	8/15	8/15 3%
Draw 20%	7/2 15%	7/2 7%
Celtic 16%	9/2	19/4
Bologna 2-0 11%	13/2	13/2
Bologna 1-0 10%	13/2 7%	6/1
Bologna 2-1 10%	15/2	7/1
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 7%	7/1 7%
Bologna 3-0 7%	10/1	9/1
Bologna 3-1 7%	11/1 8%	10/1 8%
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1 8%	12/1 18%
Celtic 1-0 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	14/1
Celtic 2-1 4%	18/1 12%	14/1
Bologna 4-0 4%	20/1	14/1 12%
Bologna 4-1 4%	20/1 9%	16/1 19%
Bologna 3-2 3%	22/1 12%	18/1 10%
Celtic 2-0 2%	33/1 17%	22/1
Bologna 4-2 2%	40/1	28/1 15%
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	8/11 4%	7/10 6%
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	11/10 5%	11/10 8%
Home 1st Goal 57%	4/9 4%	4/9
Away 1st Goal 39%	15/8	21/10
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1 8%	11/1 20%
BTTS - Yes 53%	4/5 6%	5/6 4%
BTTS - No 47%	19/20 2%	10/11 4%
BTTS - Home Win 29%	11/5 6%	11/5 3%
BTTS - Draw 15%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 8%	9/1 9%	8/1
Home/draw 84%	1/7	2/15 1%
Away/draw 36%	11/8	6/4 5%
Home/away 80%	2/11 6%	1/5 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/9 2%	2/9 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	10/3 8%	3/1 8%
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	7/4 8%	17/10 7%
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	4/9 3%	2/5 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	4/1 9%	19/5 9%
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/6 3%	2/13 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	9/1 9%	17/2 5%
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/16 1%	1/20 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25 1%	1/40 2%
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1 18%	11/1 20%
Home DNB 78%	2/11 2%	1/5
Away DNB 30%	7/2 4%	16/5 5%
Bologna win to nil 35%	13/8	-
Celtic win to nil 8%	10/1 10%	-
Bologna / Bologna 36%	13/10 3%	6/5 4%
Bologna / Celtic 2%	40/1	33/1
Bologna / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Bologna 19%	10/3	10/3
Draw / Celtic 7%	11/1	10/1
Draw / Draw 12%	11/2 8%	11/2 13%
Celtic / Bologna 4%	20/1	16/1
Celtic / Celtic 9%	9/1	7/1
Celtic / Draw 5%	16/1	14/1 15%

Win / draw / win Europa League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bologna Celtic
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	6	5	0	1	10	15	-	-	-	-
2	Midtjylland	6	5	0	1	8	15	-	-	-	l 3-1A
3	A Villa	6	5	0	1	6	15	-	l 1-0A	-	-
4	Real Betis	6	4	2	0	7	14	-	-	-	-
5	Freiburg	6	4	2	0	6	14	d 1-1F	-	-	-
6	Ferencvaros	6	4	2	0	5	14	-	-	-	-
7	Braga	6	4	1	1	5	13	-	-	l 0-2A	-
8	Porto	6	4	1	1	4	13	-	-	-	-
9	Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	7	12	-	-	-	-
10	Roma	6	4	0	2	5	12	-	-	l 0-3A	-
11	Nottm Forest	6	3	2	1	5	11	-	-	-	-
12	Fenerbahce	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	-	-	-
13	Bologna	6	3	2	1	4	11	-	-	-	Jan 22
14	Plzen	6	2	4	0	4	10	-	-	-	-
15	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	2	10	-	-	-	-
16	Genk	6	3	1	2	1	10	-	-	-	-
17	Red Star Bel.	6	3	1	2	0	10	-	-	-	d 1-1F
18	PAOK	6	2	3	1	3	9	-	-	-	-
19	Celta	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	w 1-2A	-	-
20	Lille	6	3	0	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
21	Young Boys	6	3	0	3	-4	9	-	-	-	-
22	Brann	6	2	2	2	-1	8	d 0-00-0	-	-	-
23	Ludogorets	6	2	1	3	-3	7	-	-	-	-
24	Celtic	6	2	1	3	-4	7	Jan 22	-	-	-
25	D. Zagreb	6	2	1	3	-5	7	-	-	-	-
26	Basel	6	2	0	4	-1	6	-	-	-	-
27	FCSB	6	2	0	4	-4	6	-	w 1-2F	-	-
28	GA Eagles	6	2	0	4	-6	6	-	-	-	-
29	Sturm Graz	6	1	1	4	-4	4	-	-	w 2-1A	-
30	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	-6	3	-	-	-	w 1-3A
31	Salzburg	6	1	0	5	-6	3	w 4-1F	-	-	-
32	Utrecht	6	0	1	5	-6	1	-	-	Jan 29	-
33	Rangers	6	0	1	5	-8	1	-	-	-	-
34	Malmö	6	0	1	5	-9	1	-	-	-	-
35	M. Tel-Aviv	6	0	1	5	-16	1	-	Jan 29	-	-
36	Nice	6	0	0	6	-9	0	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Bologna have not lost in 5 consecutive european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

4 / 7

Conceded

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

Failed to score

3 / 7

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bologna	4 - 1	Salzburg
Bologna	0 - 0	Brann
Bologna	1 - 1	Freiburg
Bologna	2 - 1	Dortmund
Bologna	1 - 2	Lille
Bologna	0 - 1	Monaco
Bologna	0 - 0	Shakhtar

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

7 / 14

Conceded

11 / 14

Clean sheets

3 / 14

Failed to score

7 / 14

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bologna	2 - 1	Celta
H	Bologna	4 - 1	Salzburg
H	Bologna	0 - 0	Brann
A	Bologna	2 - 1	FCSB
H	Bologna	1 - 1	Freiburg
A	Bologna	0 - 1	A Villa
A	Bologna	1 - 1	S. Lisbon
H	Bologna	2 - 1	Dortmund
A	Bologna	0 - 0	Benfica
H	Bologna	1 - 2	Lille
H	Bologna	0 - 1	Monaco
A	Bologna	0 - 2	A Villa
A	Bologna	0 - 2	Liverpool
H	Bologna	0 - 0	Shakhtar

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Feyenoord	1 - 3	Celtic
Midtjylland	3 - 1	Celtic
Red Star Bel.	1 - 1	Celtic
Kairat Almaty	0 - 0	Celtic
Bayern	1 - 1	Celtic
A Villa	4 - 2	Celtic
D. Zagreb	0 - 0	Celtic
Atalanta	0 - 0	Celtic
Dortmund	7 - 1	Celtic
Lazio	2 - 0	Celtic
A.Madrid	6 - 0	Celtic
Feyenoord	2 - 0	Celtic
Real Madrid	5 - 1	Celtic
RB Leipzig	3 - 1	Celtic
Shakhtar	1 - 1	Celtic
Bodø	2 - 0	Celtic
Leverkusen	3 - 2	Celtic
Ferencvaros	2 - 3	Celtic
Real Betis	4 - 3	Celtic
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	Celtic

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Celtic	0 - 3	Roma
A	Celtic	3 - 1	Feyenoord
A	Celtic	1 - 3	Midtjylland
H	Celtic	2 - 1	Sturm Graz
H	Celtic	0 - 2	Braga
A	Celtic	1 - 1	Red Star Bel.
A	Celtic	0 - 0	Kairat Almaty
H	Celtic	0 - 0	Kairat Almaty
A	Celtic	1 - 1	Bayern
H	Celtic	1 - 2	Bayern
A	Celtic	2 - 4	A Villa
H	Celtic	1 - 0	Young Boys
A	Celtic	0 - 0	D. Zagreb
H	Celtic	1 - 1	Brugge
H	Celtic	3 - 1	RB Leipzig
A	Celtic	0 - 0	Atalanta
A	Celtic	1 - 7	Dortmund
H	Celtic	5 - 1	S. Bratislava
H	Celtic	2 - 1	Feyenoord
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Lazio

Goal Statistics

	Bologna 13th	Celtic 24th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 61% probability that Bologna will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Celtic scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
7 home / away league games	=0 Bologna’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-12 Celtic have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	2.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

BOL

CEL

14%

better

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Games scored	16		17
Failed to score	4		3
Scored first	8		11
Goals scored	31		37
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.9
Avg. shots per game	11		11
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		16
Avg. XG for	1.6		2.2
KickOff rating		+14%

better

BOL

CEL

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Games conceded	15		14
Clean sheets	5		6
Conceded first	10		9
Goals conceded	23		28
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+4%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Bologna v Celtic will show here when available.

Bologna Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	3	2	2
J Lucumí	F Bernardeschi	N Cambiaghi	E Holm

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Odgaard MID	6	2		1 -
L Ferguson MID	6			1 -
R Orsolini FWD	6	2		-
T Dallinga FWD	6	2	1	-
F Bernardeschi FWD	6	3		-
J Lucumí DEF	5			1 -
E Holm DEF	5			2 -
C Lykogiannis DEF	5			1
G Fabbian MID	5			-
N Cambiaghi FWD	5		2	1 -
S Castro FWD	5		1	-
L Skorupski GLK	4			2 -
J Miranda DEF	4		1	1 -
M Vitík DEF	4			1 -
T Heggem DEF	4			1 -
N Moro MID	4			-
J Rowe FWD	4			1 -
N Zortea DEF	3		1	-
R Freuler MID	3			-
T Pobega MID	3			-
F Ravaglia GLK	2			-
B Domínguez FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	2	3
F Bernardeschi	J Odgaard	N Cambiaghi	R Orsolini

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Bernardeschi FWD	3	6		3
J Odgaard MID	2	7
R Orsolini FWD	2	5		3
T Dallinga FWD	2	5	1	1
L Ferguson MID		2
J Lucumí DEF		2
E Holm DEF		1		1
C Lykogiannis DEF				1
G Fabbian MID		1
N Cambiaghi FWD		1	2	1
S Castro FWD		4	1
J Miranda DEF		1	1	3
M Vitík DEF		2
T Heggem DEF				1
N Zortea DEF		1	1	1
T Pobega MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
287	14	33
J Lucumí	J Lucumí	J Lucumí

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Lucumí DEF	287	14	33
L Ferguson MID	240	10	28
J Miranda DEF	185	5	11
R Freuler MID	179	11	17
T Heggem DEF	167	8	11
N Moro MID	166	7	15
L Skorupski GLK	148	2	3
C Lykogiannis DEF	134	6	23
F Bernardeschi FWD	126	7	18
E Holm DEF	114	8	25
M Vitík DEF	106	7	17
F Ravaglia GLK	87
N Zortea DEF	85	4	15
N Cambiaghi FWD	79	5	27
J Odgaard MID	77	4	23
R Orsolini FWD	74		11
T Dallinga FWD	67	2	9
T Pobega MID	60	4	7
S Castro FWD	52	3	15
J Rowe FWD	48	2	11
G Fabbian MID	36	2	9
B Domínguez FWD	12		3

Celtic Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	2	2	2
K Schmeichel	R Hatate	D Maeda	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Schmeichel GLK	6			-
K Tierney DEF	6			-
L Scales DEF	6	1		2 -
R Hatate MID	6	2	1	1 -
C McGregor MID	6			1 -
A Engels MID	6		1	1 -
B Nygren FWD	6	2	1	-
S Tounekti FWD	6			-
C. Donovan DEF	5		1	-
D Maeda FWD	5		2	1 -
P Bernardo MID	4			1 -
K Iheanacho FWD	4	1		1 -
M Balikwisha FWD	4			-
A Ralston DEF	3			-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	3			1 -
A Trusty DEF	3			-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	3	1		-
J Forrest FWD	3			-
M Saracchi DEF	2			2 -
D Murray DEF	2			-
J Kenny FWD	2			-
A Johnston DEF	1			-
L McCowan MID	1			-
C. Osmand FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	2	5
R Hatate	B Nygren	D Maeda	A Engels

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Hatate MID	2	3	1	3
B Nygren FWD	2	6	1	4
L Scales DEF	1	1		1
K Iheanacho FWD	1	4
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	1	1
K Tierney DEF		1		1
A Engels MID		3	1	5
S Tounekti FWD		2
C. Donovan DEF		1	1	2
D Maeda FWD			2	1
M Balikwisha FWD		1
J Kenny FWD		2
C. Osmand FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
448	12	34
L Scales	K Tierney	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	448	5	34
C McGregor MID	378	9	18
K Tierney DEF	255	12	21
K Schmeichel GLK	251
R Hatate MID	235	5	12
C Carter-Vickers DEF	222	4	17
C. Donovan DEF	186	9	24
S Tounekti FWD	170	5	29
A Engels MID	157	7	15
A Trusty DEF	151	5	11
B Nygren FWD	123	4	18
P Bernardo MID	76	1	4
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	70	2	7
A Ralston DEF	65	5	8
D Maeda FWD	61	4	11
M Saracchi DEF	28		3
L McCowan MID	28	1	4
K Iheanacho FWD	25		5
J Kenny FWD	25	2	8
D Murray DEF	22
J Forrest FWD	21		7
M Balikwisha FWD	19	2	7
A Johnston DEF	14		1
C. Osmand FWD	8		1