Celtic will welcome Braga to Glasgow for a Europa League tie on Thursday evening. Brendan Rodgers’ side opened up their campaign by claiming a well-deserved 1-1 draw away at Red Star Belgrade last week.

The Hoops have since dropped points in the Scottish Premiership, playing out a 0-0 draw with Hibernian at Parkhead on Saturday.

As for Braga, they hit the ground running courtesy of a 1-0 win over Feyenoord last midweek.

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📈 Celtic v Braga Form & Tactics

It would be fair to say that Celtic have yet to hit top gear this season. Brendan Rodgers’ side were knocked off top spot in the Scottish Premiership in the wake of their goalless draw with Hibs on Saturday. That was Celtic’s 5th stalemate across their last eight matches in all competitions, with four of those contests ending goalless, a sample that includes two of their three outings on the continent this term.

As has long been the case for a number of years now, Celtic continue to be strong corner performers. The Hoops have averaged north of seven corners per 90 in this season’s Scottish Premiership.

After joining the club at the start of September on a free transfer, Kelechi Iheanacho has made a quietly impressive start to his Celtic career, registering two goals and one assist across his first four appearances for the Scottish champions.

Braga caused a mini-upset by defeating Dutch giants Feyenoord 1-0 on matchday one. However, Carlos Vicens’ side were brought back down to earth with a bump when losing 1-0 at home to Nacional in the Primeira Liga on Sunday. That defeat extended Braga’s winless run in the Portuguese top-flight to five matches, and it also prompted their supporters to wave white handkerchiefs at manager Vicens.

Much like Celtic, a number of Braga’s games have been low-scoring of late, with each of their last four matches across all competitions featuring under 2.5 goals, while BTTS would have paid out in just one of those contests.

Braga have drawn an average of 2.58 cards per game from their opponents in this season’s Primeira Liga, while Feyenoord were shown two yellow cards when falling to defeat in Portugal last week.

📔 Celtic v Braga Formation & Team News

Brendan Rodgers’ will almost certainly stick with his tried and trusted 4-3-3 formation on Thursday evening. The Celtic boss is well-renowned for his commitment to a free-flowing, possession-based brand of football, with his team encouraged to build out from the back.

Alistair Johnston and Jota remain long-term absentees for Celtic, however, Auston Trusty could come back into the matchday squad following a period on the sidelines. Summer signings Callum Osmand, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Shin Yamada are all ineligible after being left out of Celtic’s Europa League squad.

Braga boss Carlos Vicens’ preferred system this season has been a 3-4-2-1, with both wing-backs given plenty of encouragement to get forward.

Mario Dorgeles, Paulo Oliveira and Sandro Vidigal all missed Braga’s 1-0 loss to Nacional on Sunday, with the latter the only one of the trio having a realistic chance of featuring on Thursday evening. Gustaf Lagerbielke is expected to start against his former club on matchday two.

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