In this week 1 match, on Tuesday Sep 6th, Celtic and Real Madrid will play a match in Glasgow in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Celtic is fresh off their 9-0 blowout win against Dundee United. Kyogo Furuhashi struck first for Celtic in the 15th minute, then Kyogo Furuhashi added another in the 40th minute In the end, Dundee United was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Celtic should be reasonably happy with their performance, while real Madrid is fresh off their 3-1 win against Espanyol. Vinícius Júnior scored the first goal for Real Madrid in the 12th minute, then Joselu tied it up for Espanyol in the 43rd minute. Real Madrid is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Karim Benzema and Vinícius Júnior have been the hottest scorers for Real Madrid in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Celtic is glad to have Kyogo Furuhashi in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored six goals.