Benfica 4-1 Celtic: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 October 2026
Result
Benfica 4-1 Celtic
Europa League · Thursday 15 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisboa · half-time 3-0
Benfica 4-1 Celtic: match report
Benfica beat Celtic 4-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 October 2026 at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The half-time score was 3-0.
Jhon Durán opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jhon Durán (5', penalty), Alexander Bah (23'), Jhon Durán (36') and Vangelis Pavlidis (89'). Celtic scored through Camilo Durán (63').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards.
In the current table Benfica are 1st on 9 points and Celtic are 35th on 0 points.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica (9.5), ahead of Jhon Durán (9.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 2 for Celtic.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Celtic's L-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Jhon Durán
- 23'Goal · Alexander Bah
- 36'Goal · Jhon Durán
- 44'Yellow card · Samuel Dahl
- 63'Goal · Camilo Durán
- 69'Yellow card · Alexander Bah
- 85'Yellow card · João Palhinha
- 89'Goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, João Palhinha, Dodi Lukébakio, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni, Jhon Durán
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Colby Donovan, Dane Murray, Auston Trusty, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Mika Baur, Camilo Durán, Oliver Sørensen, Sebastian Tounekti, Kasper Høgh
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