Football Tips 22/07/2014 -

Debrecen won the Hungarian title on the strength of their home form, scoring 38 goals in 15 home league games. Their goals come from across the pitch, with Kulcsár and Szakály as goal scoring midfielders supporting veteran Senegalese striker Ibrahima Sidibé. They are all expected to feature today. Debrecen proved their quality in pre-season with a 4-2 win over Lyon, and they should be much too strong for the Northern Irish opponents today. Cliftonville have lost 19 of their European fixtures, conceding 71 goals. They lost 5-0 on aggregate to Celtic last season, and were beaten 4-0 in Sweden by Kalmar the year before. Debrecen have a much richer European pedigree, qualifying for the Champions League group stages in 2009 they put three goals past Fiorentina and nearly picked up a result in their two games with Liverpool. They should put Clintonville to the sword tonight without too much trouble.

Celtic dominated the first game and it would of been a much more comfortable score line had they not rattled the frame of the goal multiple times. Celtic should not take as long to break the Icelandic team down in front of a home crowd and on a bigger pitch which will allow them to open the opposition up. Look out for Kris Commons to find the back of the net, he's Celtic's biggest threat and they will be looking for him to produce tonight. The winner of the tie will play either Legia Warsaw or St Patrick's Athletic, who are level at 1-1 from the first leg with the second in Dublin on Wednesday. This should be a great opportunity for Celtic to reach the group stages once again.

Germany looks set to dominate the footballing landscape for a while now, and their well-organized youth coaching system has possibly provided them with another group of future champions at under-19 level. They are the strongest team in this competition and will want to follow in the footsteps of their seniors by winning a trophy this summer. Werder Bremen striker David Selke has scored seven in six appearances for the U19 team including two in his last outing – a 3-0 victory over Bulgaria. Serbia could only manage a 1-1 draw with Ukraine in their opening game, a stark contrast to the Germans dominance over Bulgaria. Portugal and Germany are expected to win all their matches en route to the final, and we cannot see Serbia providing too much resistance tonight.

The crisis in Ukraine has begun to affect its football teams, and Eastern Ukranian giants Shakhtar were rocked by the news this season that their six South American players have refused to board the plane back to Ukraine and are staying in France following their 4-1 friendly defeat to Lyon. It had already been a bad transfer window for Shakthtar, who lost key player Eduardo to Flamengo, as well as experienced Czech defender Tomas Hubschman. Donestsk is still under rebel control and the future looks bleak for both the city and it's club. Kiev are safely on the West of the river and have a full strength team to choose from. Dynamo won this fixture 2-1 in May and with Shakhtar is disarray it is hard to imagine a different outcome today.