Celtic 1-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 6 November 2007
Result
Celtic 1-0 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 6 November 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 1-0 Benfica: match report
Celtic defeated Benfica 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 November 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Aiden McGeady of Celtic in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 36th on 5 points from 5 and Benfica 15th on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 2 for Benfica.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Benfica's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 45'Goal · Aiden McGeady
- 85'Red card · Gilles Binya
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-1-3-2)
Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Aiden McGeady, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Jirí Jarosík, John Kennedy
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Kostas Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Óscar Cardozo