Scottish Premiership
Celtic predictions 2024/25 season
Fresh off their third consecutive Scottish Premiership title, Celtic have flown out of the blocks in their 24/25 campaign winning four out of four games, scoring 12 goals and conceding none.
Their most recent result the most important, a 3-0 triumph over Old Firm rivals Rangers at Celtic Park where they were as dominant as ever. There’s plenty reason for Celtic fans to be excited about the season ahead as they look to retain their Scottish Premiership title and set their sights on a successful Champions League campaign.
Our list looks at Celtic’s prospects for the 24/25 season.
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Celtic to win Scottish Premiership – 1/8
As mentioned, The Bhoys couldn’t have hoped for a much better start to their league season. Routine victories over Kilmarnock, Hibernian and St. Mirren capped off by their Old Firm victory on Sunday has seen them shorten from 4/9 to the current price of 1/8 to make it their fourth consecutive league title.
A key part of their domination in Scottish football is their recruitment and how they find good value talent, which can be sold for profit or become an important part of their squad. It’s an experienced squad matched with promising young players that make a good mix. This summer, they sold one of their star players Matt O’Riley for £25 million having brought him in for under two million, this is a good example of their business.
Another of their best players is winger Kyogo Furuhashi, scoring in the Old Firm win on the weekend, he is 7/2 favourite to be the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership. The attacker was the top scorer in the 2022/2023 season with 27 goals, if he can find a repeat of that type of scoring form with the way that Celtic have started, he looks set to be a regular fixture on the scoreboard.
Celtic to win Scottish League Cup – EVS
At a much more generous price of evens, Celtic must be serious contenders to win the Scottish League Cup. Two rounds of the competition and we are now in the quarters, with Celtic facing Falkirk. If there’s a continuation of the league form we have seen so far, you’d fancy them to be too strong for Falkirk and progress to the semi-finals, even-money looks a good bet at the price.
Celtic to finish Top Eight in the Champions League – 12/1
A slightly speculative prediction here, with Celtic to finish in the top eight in the new format of the Champions League.
Whilst Celtic have historically struggled in the Champions League, there is reason to believe that the new format could benefit them.
They face Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, GNK Dinamo, Young Boys and Aston Villa in their eight games. On paper a number of those games look winnable if they continue the form they are in currently and if they can pick up a result or two against the more difficult teams, then they could find themselves fighting it out to reach the top eight.
