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Benfica vs Celtic: match report

Benfica hosted Celtic at Estádio da Luz on Thursday 15 October 2026, in the Europa League (round 2). Nikola Dabanović is the referee, averaging 3.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.1.

Result and scorers

Benfica 4-1 Celtic. Goals: Jhon Durán 5' (pen) for Benfica; Alexander Bah 23' for Benfica; Jhon Durán 36' for Benfica; Camilo Durán 63' for Celtic; Vangelis Pavlidis 89' for Benfica.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Penalty: Jhon Durán (Benfica) 1-0
  • 23' Goal: Alexander Bah (Benfica) 2-0
  • 36' Goal: Jhon Durán (Benfica) 3-0
  • 44' Yellow card: Samuel Dahl (Benfica)
  • 63' Goal: Camilo Durán (Celtic) 3-1
  • 69' Yellow card: Alexander Bah (Benfica)
  • 85' Yellow card: João Palhinha (Benfica)
  • 89' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) 4-1
Match stats (contains the result)
52.8%Possession47.2%
26Shots14
7Shots on target7
8Corners6
9Fouls7
2Offsides2
6Saves3
3Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Benfica 4-2-3-1

Coach: Marco Silva

  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin GK
  2. 6 Alexander Bah DEF
  3. 44 Tomás Araújo DEF
  4. 2 Clément Lenglet DEF
  5. 26 Samuel Dahl DEF
  6. 8 Fredrik Aursnes MID
  7. 36 João Palhinha MID
  8. 11 Dodi Lukébakio FWD
  9. 10 Georgiy Sudakov MID
  10. 25 Gianluca Prestianni FWD
  11. 22 Jhon Durán FWD

Bench

  • 34 Souffian El Karouani DEF
  • 30 Claudio Echeverri FWD
  • 21 Andreas Schjelderup FWD
  • 14 Vangelis Pavlidis FWD
  • 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
  • 24 Samuel Soares GK
  • 33 Gabriel Índio DEF
  • 18 Leandro Barreiro MID
  • 16 Manu Silva MID
  • 27 Rafa Silva MID
  • 88 Tiago Freitas MID
  • 72 Anísio Cabral FWD

Celtic 4-2-3-1

Coach: Martin O'Neill

  1. 1 Viljami Sinisalo GK
  2. 51 Colby Donovan DEF
  3. 47 Dane Murray DEF
  4. 6 Auston Trusty DEF
  5. 63 Kieran Tierney DEF
  6. 42 Callum McGregor MID
  7. 22 Mika Baur MID
  8. 11 Camilo Durán FWD
  9. 18 Oliver Sørensen MID
  10. 17 Sebastian Tounekti FWD
  11. 9 Kasper Waarts Høgh FWD

Bench

  • 19 Callum Osmand FWD
  • 23 Haissem Hassan FWD
  • 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID
  • 8 Benjamin Nygren MID
  • 3 Jordan Lotomba DEF
  • 26 Sam Johnstone GK
  • 56 Anthony Ralston DEF
  • 5 Liam Scales DEF
  • 65 Liam Kennedy MID
  • 14 Luke McCowan MID
  • 49 James Forrest FWD
  • 62 Lucas Clearie FWD
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 20 November 2012: Benfica 2-1 Celtic
  • Wednesday 19 September 2012: Celtic 0-0 Benfica
  • Tuesday 6 November 2007: Celtic 1-0 Benfica
  • Wednesday 24 October 2007: Benfica 1-0 Celtic
  • Wednesday 1 November 2006: Benfica 3-0 Celtic