Chelsea Women v Celtic Women: Prediction, Tips and Odds

Chelsea have had a perfect start to life under new manager Sonia Bompastor and they will expect to claim their fourth UEFA Women's Champions League win of the season against Celtic, who they beat 2-1 in Glasgow last week.

Their opponents are fifth in the Scottish Women's Premier League and may fear the worst after three straight defeats in the group stage, but they have enough defensively to ensure the Londoners do not run up a cricket score.

Chelsea Women v Celtic Women betting tips and predictions

Chelsea to win & under 4.5 goals - 11/10

Chelsea have made a perfect start to life after Emma Hayes with seven straight Women's Super League victories and three group-stage successes in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Therefore, it is little surprise to see them hot favourites to make it four out of four when they entertain Celtic at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

The Blues, who have won the WSL in each of the last five seasons, went top of the table after their 2-0 win over Man City on Saturday and that was a massive stride towards another success, even though they still have 15 games to play.

European glory has so far eluded the London outfit and they will be desperate to make up for that this year even though it is manager Sonia Bompastor’s first campaign at the helm.

But, while they have lost just two of their last two of their last 23 UEFA Women's Champions League matches - both to holders Barcelona - they have generally not been rampant in attack, scoring more than three goals in just two of their last 18 games in the competition.

That should give Celtic hope they will not be embarrassed and, while there is a big gulf in class between the England and Scottish top-flights, they have conceded nine goals in their 13 league games this season and three of them came in Sunday's defeat to Rangers.

They took the lead in last week's loss, but there looks a strong chance Chelsea will not score more than four goals, especially if Bompastor rests some of her stars after the demands of their win over the Citizens.

Chelsea to lead 2-0 at half-time - 11/4

Despite the fact it looks unlikely that Chelsea will run riot on Wednesday, they do tend to start their games swiftly and we could see them go into the interval with a 2-0 lead.

Saturday’s win over City was arguably the toughest game they have faced this season, but that has been the only occasion in their last seven matches that the Blues have not scored at least twice in the first half.

In six of those, they scored twice - the exception was the 3-0 half-time lead they enjoyed in a 5-0 league win at Everton - and it is worth chancing that we see a repeat of that pattern and they go in with a 2-0 lead.

Maika Hamano to score at any time - 10/11

With striker Aggie Beever-Jones suspended after she was sent off for a second booking in the closing stages at Parkhead, there could be a bigger forward role for Chelsea’s Japanese star Maika Hamano.

She was employed alongside the banned line-leader in that game and brought the Blues back on terms after they had conceded Murphy Agnew’s opener.

That was Hamano’s second goal of this season’s competition - she was also on target in the win at Twente - and we could see her once again employed in an advanced role as the Blues look for their fourth successive group-stage victory.

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Chelsea Women v Celtic Women odds

Chelsea Women - 1/50
Draw - 18/1
Celtic Women - 50/1

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