Football Bet of the Day: Back Brendan’s Bhoys at 5/1

Wednesday sees Celtic back in Champions League qualification action for the first time in four years after gaining automatic entry to the group stages for the past three seasons. 

The Hoops welcome Kairat to Celtic Park (20:00 BST, live on TNT Sports 1) looking to gain a first-leg advantage, while the visitors are seeking to become just the second club from Kazakhstan to qualify for Europe's premier club competition. Read on for our Football Bet of the Day for Wednesday.

Celtic vs Kairat Odds

Unsurprisingly Celtic are 1/7 favourites to win the first leg, giving them an implied win probability of 87.5%, with the draw currently priced up at 8/1 and Kairat can be backed at 16/1.

Brendan Rodgers will be hoping his side can take care of business here at Celtic Park, with a 7000-mile round trip on the horizon next week.

The Hoops have been afforded ample time to prepare for Wednesday's contest after being given the Friday night slot in the Scottish League Cup, cruising to a 4-1 win over Falkirk.

Before next week's near 10-hour trip to Kazakhstan, Celtic will lock horns with Livingston, and Rangers await in the season's first Old Firm derby a few days after the reigning champions return to Scotland, so needing as few of their first-team players as possible will be on the mind of Rodgers during this first leg.

Celtic have maintained a 100% record in the early stages of the 2025/26 campaign, enjoying back-to-back victories in the league before the aforementioned win over Falkirk in the cup, setting them up nicely for this encounter.

While this is the first meeting between the two clubs, Celtic have faced Kazakh opposition on three separate occasions, needing to win at home in order to overcome underwhelming results on the road, therefore Kairat are not to be underestimated.

Wednesday's visitors have set a new club record in reaching the third-qualifying round after knocking out Olimpija Ljubljana, KuPS and Slovan Bratislava, and will sense a huge opportunity here, potentially being just 180 minutes away from reaching the league phase.

Kairat are now guaranteed Europa League football at worst this season, and their trip to Glasgow is their biggest to date as demonstrated by their price.

Our pick for this game is a correct score prediction of Celtic to win 2-0. The Bhoys won their last two home qualifiers 2-0 and 3-0, and we think it will be a similar story on Wednesday.

Celtic have won each of their first three games this term, keeping two clean sheets, so we're backing Rodgers' side to hold Kairat at bay in a comfortable first-leg victory.

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