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4 — 1 Oct 16, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Celtic

Europa League · Round 2

Venue Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz), Lisboa

Referee Nikola Dabanović

Attendance 58,870

Player of the Match Gianluca Prestianni 9.4 90' played

Match Events

5' Home ⚽ Jhon Durán — 1-0

23' Home ⚽ Alexander Bah — 2-0

36' Home ⚽ Jhon Durán — 3-0

44' Home Samuel Dahl

HT

46' Away ↔ Callum Osmand → Sebastian Tounekti

46' Away ↔ Haissem Hassan → Kasper Waarts Høgh

57' Away ↔ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain → Mika Baur

57' Away ↔ Benjamin Nygren → Oliver Sørensen

63' Away ⚽ Camilo Durán — 3-1

64' Home ↔ Souffian El Karouani → Georgiy Sudakov

64' Home ↔ Claudio Echeverri → Samuel Dahl

67' Home ↔ Vangelis Pavlidis → Jhon Durán

67' Home ↔ Andreas Schjelderup → Dodi Lukébakio

69' Home Alexander Bah

77' Away ↔ Jordan Lotomba → Colby Donovan

80' Home ↔ Alessandro Circati → Alexander Bah

85' Home João Palhinha

89' Home ⚽ Vangelis Pavlidis — 4-1

FT

Match Stats

53 47

Ball possession

3.18 1.36

Expected goals (xG)

26 14

Total shots

7 7

Shots on target

46 16

Touches in opposition box

4 2

Big chances

2 1

Big chances missed

526 (91%) 455 (89%)

Accurate passes

3 0

Yellow cards

8 6

Corners

Lineups

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Marco Silva

Starting XI

1 Anatoliy Trubin 7.3

6 Alexander Bah 8.4

44 Tomás Araújo 8.5

2 Clément Lenglet 7.4

26 Samuel Dahl 6.4

8 Fredrik Aursnes 7.8

36 João Palhinha 7.9

11 Dodi Lukébakio 6.8

10 Georgiy Sudakov 7.7

25 Gianluca Prestianni 9.4

22 Jhon Durán 9.1

Substitutes

34 Souffian El Karouani 6.5

30 Claudio Echeverri 6.4

21 Andreas Schjelderup 6.6

14 Vangelis Pavlidis 7.4

3 Alessandro Circati 5.9

24 Samuel Soares

33 Gabriel Índio ↗

18 Leandro Barreiro

16 Manu Silva

27 Rafa Silva

88 Tiago Freitas ↗

72 Anísio Cabral

Celtic (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Martin O'Neill

Starting XI

1 Viljami Sinisalo 5

51 Colby Donovan 6.5

47 Dane Murray 5.8

6 Auston Trusty 5.9

63 Kieran Tierney 6.7

42 Callum McGregor 6.7

22 Mika Baur 6.8

11 Camilo Durán 7.9

18 Oliver Sørensen 6.2

17 Sebastian Tounekti 6.7

9 Kasper Waarts Høgh 6.5

Substitutes

19 Callum Osmand 6.1

23 Haissem Hassan 7.4

21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6.1

8 Benjamin Nygren 6

3 Jordan Lotomba 6.2

26 Sam Johnstone

56 Anthony Ralston

5 Liam Scales

65 Liam Kennedy

14 Luke McCowan

49 James Forrest

62 Lucas Clearie