Benfica 3-0 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 1 November 2006
Result
Benfica 3-0 Celtic
Champions League · Wednesday 1 November 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 3-0 Celtic: match report
Benfica beat Celtic 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 1 November 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.
Benfica's goals came from an own goal by Gary Caldwell (10'), Nuno Gomes (22') and Andrei Karyaka (76'). Celtic did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 36th on 5 points from 5 and Celtic 26th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Celtic's W-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · E. Sno
- 10'Own goal · Gary Caldwell
- 22'Goal · Nuno Gomes
- 28'Yellow card · Ricardo Rocha
- 54'Yellow card · Léo
- 55'Yellow card · Shaun Maloney
- 76'Goal · Andrei Karyaka
- 87'Yellow card · Stephen Pearson
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up
Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez
Celtic line-up
Paul Telfer, Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Stephen Pearson, Evander Sno, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Kenny Miller, Neil Lennon, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney