Benfica 1-0 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2007
Result
Benfica 1-0 Celtic
Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 1-0 Celtic: match report
Benfica defeated Celtic 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 24 October 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from O. Cardozo of Benfica in the 87th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 26th on 6 points from 4 and Celtic 32nd on 5 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-W-W and Celtic's W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Aiden McGeady
- 55'Yellow card · C. Killen
- 72'Yellow card · P. Hartley
- 87'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 90'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Quim, Luisão, Léo, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Kostas Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Nuno Assis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Óscar Cardozo, Gonzalo Bergessio
Celtic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Massimo Donati, Aiden McGeady, Chris Killen, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Jirí Jarosík, John Kennedy