Benfica — Celtic 4:1, 15 October: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 2 Thursday 15 October · 19:00 UTC

Benfica 3th · 6 pts WWWWD

4 : 1 1st half 3:0

Celtic 33th · 0 pts LL

venue to be confirmed · referee N. Dabanovic

Match predictionSafe

Benfica to score

92% · Both teams scored in 6 of 8 Benfica games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Benfica to score”, and the match finished 4:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Benfica 63% draw 19% Celtic 18%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Benfica win, and the match finished 4:1. Fans backed Benfica win — they got it right.

fans 51 votes

Benfica 71% draw 10% Celtic 19%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Duran penalty 1-0 5'

A. Bah assist: G. Prestianni 2-0 23'

J. Duran assist: G. Prestianni 3-0 36'

S. Dahl 44'

C. Osmand for S. Tounekti 46'

H. Hassan for K. Hogh 46'

L. Kennedy for O. Sorensen 57'

A. Oxlade-Chamberlain for M. Baur 57'

C. Duran assist: H. Hassan 3-1 63'

C. Echeverri for G. Sudakov 64'

S. El Karouani for S. Dahl 64'

Rafa Silva for D. Lukebakio 67'

V. Pavlidis for J. Duran 67'

A. Bah 69'

J. Lotomba for C. Donovan 77'

A. Circati for A. Bah 80'

J. Palhinha 85'

V. Pavlidis assist: T. Araujo 4-1 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Benfica 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Celtic

Anatoliy Trubin  
Alexander Bah  44 Tomás Araújo  2 Clément Lenglet  26 Samuel Dahl  
Fredrik Aursnes  36 João Palhinha  
Dodi Lukebakio  10 Georgiy Sudakov  25 Gianluca Prestianni  
Jhon Durán  

Kasper Høgh  
Camilo Durán  18 Oliver Sørensen  17 Sebastian Tounekti  
Callum McGregor  22 Mika Baur  
Colby Donovan  47 Dane Murray  6 Auston Trusty  63 Kieran Tierney  
Viljami Sinisalo  

Benfica bench

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

Celtic bench

21Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
8Benjamin Nygren
19Callum Osmand
23Haissem Hassan
49James Forrest
3Jordan Lotomba
65Liam Kennedy
5Liam Scales
62Lucas Clearie
14Luke McCowan
26Sam Johnstone
56Tony Ralston

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

53%Possession47%

26Shots14

7Shots on target7

11Shots off target5

8Blocked shots2

21Shots inside box12

5Shots outside box2

115Attacks73

67Dangerous attacks30

8Corners6

2Offsides2

9Fouls7

3Yellow cards0

6Saves3

577Passes513

526Accurate passes455

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

Benfica

CelticThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Benfica and Celtic met on matchday 2 of the UEFA Europa League on 15 October. Final score — 4:1.

Benfica sit 3th on 6 points after 8 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 7 matches. Celtic sit 33th on 0 points after 2 matches (0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Benfica last five Celtic

WWWWD form LL

8 Matches 2

6 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 2

25 — 7 Scored — conceded 2 — 7

2.38 Points per game 0

3.13 Goals scored per game 1

2 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 7 Current streak winless in 2

Benfica at home: 4 matches, 4 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 18—3, 3 points per match.

Celtic away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—4, 0 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Bayer Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	6—0	6
3	Benfica	2	2	0	0	6—1	6
4	Beşiktaş	2	2	0	0	7—3	6
…
32	Olympique Marseille	2	0	0	2	1—5	0
33	Celtic	2	0	0	2	2—7	0
34	Ararat-Armenia	2	0	0	2	2—7	0

Full UEFA Europa League table