Celtic Manager, Brendan Rogers, even quoted as saying it could take 70 minutes for them to break the deadlock and score and that they need to be patient, because they're expecting Lincoln to play 11 men behind the ball and try to score on the counter-attack...
Lincoln have the 1 goal advantage... and if they can keep it scoreless, they'll go through, so I expect defense, defense and more defense from them! Which should result in a low scoring game.
I've taken
under 3.5 goals on this one... I expect Celtic will win... and 2-0 will give them passage to the next round... plus if Celtic give up a goal, that would give Lincoln an away goal bonus, so I don't see Celtic getting too attacking... as if they get caught on the counterattack, for every goal they give up to Lincoln will mean they have to score twice to progress.
Having said all that, the way my picks are going at the moment, Celtic are likely to score like 7 goals! hahaha
Wooooooo 3-0 Celtic... That was under 3.5 at 2.02! YAY!
I also had Dinamo Zagreb to win... and FC Astana... so 3 wins from 3 for me... I decided to stay away from the Norrköping v. Rosenborg match up. I thought it was going to be a close game... and at 2-3 it was... I had a feeling it would be high scoring again, so I am a bit disappointed that I didn't take over 2.5 on that game... the odds were like 2.0+
Still... Can't be unhappy with 3 winning bets. Will have to resist the urge to "reinvest" my winnings for a day or 2