Celtic travel across Manchester on Tuesday to face Radcliffe. Kick off 7:45pm. Radcliffe are currently seventh on eighteen points, seven points and ten places above Celtic.
Radcliffe’s only loss at home this season was to Marske in their second home match of the season, which they lost 4-2. Other than that, they’ve beaten Matlock (1-0), Liversedge (2-0) and Morpeth (3-1). Their most recent home match saw them draw 1-1 with Whitby last Tuesday, whilst their last match was a 1-0 away defeat to Warrington Town. Their only other loss this season was in their previous away match, losing 1-0 to Stafford, giving them 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Having only failed to score twice, they’ve found the net thirteen times this season (nine at home), scoring at a rate of 1.8 goals per home game and 1.2 overall. Their top scorer so far is Luca Navarro with four. Radcliffe have kept two of their four clean sheets at home, conceding a total of ten goals, with six of them coming at home.
Since the turn of the millennium, Celtic have played Radcliffe nine times competitively, and never beaten Radcliffe in the league, despite six attempts. We have beaten them twice in cup competitions, the league cup back in 2001 and the Manchester Cup in 2016. Radcliffe knocked us out of the FA Cup in 2017. Our only competitive win there was in the League Cup in 2001. Our last visit saw us lose 2-1 in 2021 with Hayden Campbell scoring for us, whilst the previous two visits were 1-0 wins for Radcliffe.
In Radcliffe’s last match, the 1-0 away defeat by Warrington Town, Radcliffe lined up as:
1. Tom Stewart
2. Jack Evans
3. David Fitzpatrick
4. Luke Joyce
5. Rick Smith
6. Olly Thornley
7. Jude Oyibo
8. Nicky Adams
9. Jake Thompson
10. Bobby Grant
11. Jem Karacan
In Celtic’s last match, the 3-0 home defeat to Morpeth, Celtic lined up as:
1. Greg Hall
2. Ben Richardson
3. Ciaran Summers
4. Tom Miller
5. Dahrius Waldron
6. Louis Danquah
7. Osebi Abadaki
8. Moses Yoak
9. Raul Correia
10. Domaine Rouse
11. Tinashe Chakwana
Celtic are at full strength on Tuesday, but it will be a tough game.
Join the M60 heading towards Oldham.
Stay on the M60 using the slip road at the junction with the M66 and M62.
Stay on the M60 for a further 2 miles to junction 17 (Prestwich).
At the roundabout at the end of the slip road, turn right (exit 3 of 4) onto the A56 (Bury New Road).
Almost immediately the road forks.
Bear left, onto the A665 (Higher Lane).
After three quarters of a mile, you will reach a junction with Radcliffe New Road.
Turn left, to stay on the A665.
Stay on the A665 to Radcliffe town-centre (about 2 miles).
You will see the Turf Hotel on the left, directly opposite Unsworth Street, turn right into Unsworth street.
The ground is on the left, just past Colshaw Close.