Predicted Lineups and Player News for Celtic vs Braga 02/10/25 - Europa League News

By Peter Guest, FootballPredictions.NET, 14:19 01/10/2025

Braga will be ready for action on Thursday which sees the Europa League clash with Celtic, and our team has the latest predicted line ups and news on player availability.

Celtic head into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Premiership drawn match against Hibernian. It looks as if The Bhoys should employ a 4-3-3 system in the match with Kasper Schmeichel, Tony Ralston, C. Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Sebastian Tounekti, Kelechi Iheanacho and Daizen Maeda.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

How Celtic might line up for the game against Braga

After being beaten in their last game against Nacional in Primeira Liga competition, Braga and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one. We reckon that Os Arcebispos might make use of a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Lukas Hornicek, Víctor Gómez, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Sikou Niakaté, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Gabriel Moscardo, Joao Moutinho, Leonardo Lelo, Rodrigo Zalazar, Amine El Ouazzani and Ricardo Horta.

Due to a fully injury-free group ready to go, Braga boss Carlos Vicens does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

Likely Braga lineup

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