Celtic 0-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 19 September 2012
Result
Celtic 0-0 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 19 September 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Celtic 0-0 Benfica: match report
Celtic drew with Benfica 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Benfica.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Victor Wanyama
- 34'Yellow card · E. Izaguirre
- 47'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 57'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 89'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bruno César
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Kris Commons, Victor Wanyama, Miku Fedor, James Forrest, Scott Brown
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Ezequiel Garay, Jardel, André Almeida, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Eduardo Salvio, Rodrigo, Pablo Aimar Giordano