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The Champions League match on Wednesday sees Aston Villa facing opposition in the form of Celtic.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Aston Villa v Celtic are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa
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Aston Villa head into this match after a 1-1 Premier League drawn match against West Ham United.
In that match, Aston Villa managed 46% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Aston Villa was Jacob Ramsey (8'). On the other side, West Ham United got 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Emerson (70') scored for West Ham United.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Aston Villa haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Aston Villa have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals during that time.
Celtic
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Celtic will come into the match after a 1-0 Champions League win in the defeat of BSC Young Boys in their previous match.
In that game, Celtic managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Young Boys Bern had 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Loris Benito (86' Own goal) scored for BSC Young Boys.
In their previous 6 outings, Celtic have helped themselves to a total of 15 goals. Celtic have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they have seen 5 goals scored by their opponents. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be maintained in this next game.
📋 Team News: Aston Villa
Ross Barkley (Calf injury), Kortney Hause (Knee surgery), Tyrone Mings (Knee injury), Pau Torres (Metatarsal fracture) and Amadou Onana (Hamstring injury) will not be taking part for Aston Villa boss Unai Emery.
It’s our opinion that The Villans look set to line up in a 3-4-3 system this time, beginning the first half with Lucas Chevalier, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Thomas Meunier, Angel Gomes, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mitchel Bakker, H. Arnar Haraldsson, Jonathan David and Remy Cabella.
🗞️ Team News: Celtic
Out of a mainly healthy squad, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers to contend with. Odin Thiago Holm (Calf problems) misses out for this game.
There’s a good chance that The Bhoys could decide to elect for a 4-3-3 system using Justin Bijlow, Bart Nieuwkoop, Gernot Trauner, David Hancko, Gijs Smal, Antoni Milambo, Thomas Beelen, Chris-Kevin Nadje, Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and Igor Paixao.
💭 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Aston Villa certainly have the ability to get a couple of goals in this one when they come up against Celtic, who could well struggle to score.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 2-0 victory for Aston Villa at the end of the 90 minutes.
Renata Leite, 19:01 29/01/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Aston Villa
Formed: 1874
Stadium: Villa Park (42,657)
Captain: John McGinn
Chairman: Nassef Sawiris
Manager: Unai Emery
Competitions: Premier League position 8, FA Cup (Fourth Round), Champions League (League Phase)
🔑 Star Player: Jhon Durán
Regularly used in the Striker position, Jhon Durán was born in Medellín, Colombia. Having played his first senior match for Envigado in the 2019 season, the accomplished Forward has hit 7 league goals in this Premier League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 19 appearances.
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22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 53 | WDDWW |
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23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 47 | WDWDW |
3 |
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23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 44 | WWDWL |
4 |
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23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 41 | WWDWW |
5 |
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23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 41 | WWWLW |
6 |
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23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 40 | LDDWL |
7 |
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23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 40 | DWDWW |
8 |
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23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 37 | DWWDD |
9 |
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23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | DDWWL |
10 |
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23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | DDLWL |
11 |
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23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 31 | LWDLW |
12 |
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23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 29 | LDWLW |
13 |
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23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 27 | WDWWL |
14 |
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23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | -16 | 27 | LLWLD |
15 |
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23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 24 | DLLLL |
16 |
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22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 23 | LLLWW |
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23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -24 | 17 | LLLLW |
18 |
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23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -20 | 16 | DLLLL |
19 |
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23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -26 | 16 | WDLLL |
20 |
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23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | -37 | 6 | LLLLL |
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23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 60 | LWWWD |
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24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 50 | DDWWW |
3 |
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24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 37 | WLLWL |
4 |
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24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 35 | LLDLL |
5 |
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24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 31 | LWDLL |
6 |
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24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 30 | WDDWD |
7 |
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24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 30 | LLLLW |
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23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 27 | WLWDD |
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24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 27 | DWWDW |
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24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -19 | 26 | DWWLD |
11 |
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24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 25 | LWLDL |
12 |
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24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 18 | LDLLW |
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