Celtic vs. Real Betis match Analysis and Prediction

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The Scotland side Celtic will host the visiting side Real Betis in the final group G Europa league fixture at the Celtic Park stadium this Thursday with both having already established their fate in the Europa league.

Celtic will probably finish third in the group and this drops them to the Europa Conference League. They have managed only 6 points from the 5 fixtures having won in two matches and lost the three and have already established their position here.

Celtic have been on a fine league run and are now second with 35 points, 4 points after Rangers and this comes from the 16 fixtures played so far. Celtic have won 11 times with only 2 draws and 3 defeats and they are now 5 points above Hearts.

Celtic extended their unbeaten league run to 10 matches with the comfortable 3-0 win away to Dundee United at the weekend goals from Tom Rogic and David Turnbull in the first half before substitute Liam Scales in the 81^st minute.

The Hoops now come blazing against Real Betis with nothing but pride riding on this fixture for both sides.

Los Verdiblancos, on the other hand, aim to cement second position in Group G following the 4 point difference at position 2 with 10 points. They have won three matches, drawn 1 and lost 1 to comfortably secure their spot in the knockout stages.

Los Verdiblancos are now placed third in the La Liga standings, seven points clear of the Catalan giants and one point above Real Sociedad, who they will face in the league on Sunday. They secured their fifth successive win across all competitions last weekend at camp nou in the match against Barcelona ended 1-0, the goal coming from Juanmi in the 79^th minute.

Betis will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats on the road in European competition for the first time since 1998.

Celtic vs Real Betis head to head

In the previous encounter between the two, came back in September with the visitors here winning with a 4-3 result. Celtic haven’t lost in any of their last 5 home matches and they have a winning streak of 3 matches. Real Betis have a winning streak of 5 matches.