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Dave Prentice

Cluj v Celtic odds and prediction as Hoops fans can be winners whatever happens

There is only one situation where you don't back your own team to win.

Yes, there is one.

And Celtic supporters can cash in by doing just that at tea-time tonight.

The Hoops have been celebrating their first silverware of the season since Sunday night.

They are already guaranteed top spot in Europa League Group E, opponents Cluj need at least a point to follow them into the knockout stages - and Neil Lennon has left five first team regulars behind in Glasgow.

In addition to suspended captain Scott Brown, fellow midfielders Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie and Tom Rogic have not travelled to Romania, while Sunday's goalkeeping hero Fraser Forster and striker Odsonne Edouard have also remained in Glasgow.

It means 16-year-old winger Karamoko Dembele, 18-year-old midfielder Scott Robertson and 19-year-old striker Grant Savoury have been added to the squad with the prospect of making their Celtic debuts.

"Whether they start is another thing," Lennon said.

Having previously said that forward Vakoun Issouf Bayo would play at some point in Cluj-Napoca, Lennon revealed that goalkeeper Craig Gordon, right-back Moritz Bauer, midfielder Nir Bitton, winger Scott Sinclair and striker Leigh Griffiths "will all feature".

They will all want to catch Lennon's eye - but Cluj were good enough to hold Celtic's first choice XI in the Champions League in August and have only been beaten once at home all season, narrowly by Slavia Prague in the Champions League.

Thepools.com is offering a special - Celtic to win and BTTS is 6/1 - but the best bet in our book is the draw which suits both parties at 21/10 . Back the draw with a tenner, and have a £10 saver on the home win at 19/20 .

The only way you lose then is if Celtic win, in which case you'll be happy anyway!

Who said only the bookies can win?

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