Celtic vs Kairat Almaty Champions League Bet Builder Tips: Back Daizen Maeda To Score First In 7/1 Treble

Celtic begin their Champions League qualification bid this week as they welcome Kairat Almaty to Parkhead.

The Kazakhstan Premier League club will make the whopping 7000 mile-trip to Glasgow on Wednesday evening where they will sample what is sure to be an incredible atmosphere.

The packed out stadium in the east end of the city plays host to the first-leg of the playoff and Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops will be determined to take a hefty lead with them when they, too, make the equally lengthy trip for next week’s second-leg.

Rodgers’ side are in decent form and have started their Scottish Premiership campaign with two wins albeit their opener against St Mirren was a slow start. Their victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie saw a marked improvement, but Rodgers is still chasing summer recruits.

The Celtic manager has been forced to defend transfer business this window so far with just £3million spent on new recruits despite the club raking in £20m from sales.

They are yet to replace Nicolas Kuhn or Kyogo from back in January and that has left some fans feeling their squad is weaker.

Still, leading bookmakers have Celts at 1/9 to win the first game between the two sides, with Kairat at a staggering 11/1 to come away with a victory.

Celtic vs Kairat Almaty Bet Builder Tips

• Daizen Maeda first goal scorer @ 4/1
• Celtic to win both halves @ 11/10
• Celtic most corners @ 1/9

Daizen Maeda first goal scorer @ 4/1

Last season’s top scorer in green and white was Daizen and the Japanese hitman finally opened his account for the season in Celtic’s comfortable 4-1 Premier Sports Cup win over Falkirk .

Maeda can play on the left-flank as well as through the middle and while Adam Idah struggles as the main man at Celtic, Rodgers seems to prefer the former as the striker.

Brentford target Maeda loves a goal in European competition and while you may be safer backing him as an anytime scorer, to do so first brings with it strong 4/1 odds and there’s a good chance.

Celtic to win both halves @ 11/10

Scotland’s champions are an overwhelming favourite and their form in front of their home crowd is excellent.

It’s not often the club lose on their own patch and given the fact that they must qualify for the League Phase, the squad will be determined to give their support a show.

Anything beyond odds-on is worth backing in this one as we suspect Celtic will stick a few past their opponents in both halves.

Celtic most corners @ 1/9

Rodgers will likely have his side coming out all guns blazing which should give Arne Engels – should he feature – the opportunity to whip in a few good crosses like he did vs Falkirk from which goals were scored.

Kairat should be penned back – on paper you’d think so, anyway – and while the odds aren’t great individually, as part of our Bet Builder treble, they bring our returns up!

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