When this Thursday Hamburger SV receives Scottish runners-up Celtic FC, the first preliminary decision could be certain in Group C of the UEFA Europa League. First leg in Scotland the home side lost 0-1.
Fans of Hamburger SV still dream of winning the first German championship since 1983. Last weekend, the title aspirations of HSV have been subdued a little. After two-time lead against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the table-stragglers won in the end 3:2. In addition to the staff shortages in the offensive (Mladen Petric and Paolo Guerrero are definitely off), coach Bruno Labbadia is worried about the absence of Neo-team player Jerome Boateng. In the last Bundesliga match the defender suffered a contusion. An alternative would be the Czech international David Rozehnal, who has been bought this summer from Lazio Rome.
Celtic Glasgow is in Group C with back to the wall. While the Scots claimed some decent results in the UEFA Champions League in recent years(including one twice qualified for the knockout stage), the squad of new manager Tony Mowbray has massive problems in the newly formed League Europe at all. Only one point against Rapid Vienna is the status-quo in the group stage. In the Scottish Premier League the everlasting duel with arch-rivals Rangers for championship-win is tight, as the minimum distance from a point before the Gers significantly reveals. In the first Old Firm this season, the Rangers had with a 2:1 the better end at Ibrox.
Hamburger SV vs Celtic Glasgow
UEFA Europe League - Group c, Matchday 4
Thursday, 5th of November 2009, 19:00 CET
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
First leg:
Celtic FC - HSV 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 0:1 Marcus Berg (63.)
Tip: Win for Hamburg.
The best odd for our tip1 is 1,53 at bet365!
