Benfica 1-0 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 20 November 2012

Result

Benfica 1-0 Celtic

Champions League · Tuesday 20 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Benfica 1-0 Celtic: match report

Benfica won against Celtic 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 20 November 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ola John opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Benfica's goals came from Ola John (7') and Ezequiel Garay (71'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (32').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 41st on 4 points from 4 and Celtic 2nd on 17 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 2 for Celtic.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-L-D and Celtic's D-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ola JohnBenfica · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic
  • 48'Yellow card · Joe LedleyCeltic
  • 49'Yellow card · Joe LedleyCeltic
  • 71'Goal · Ezequiel GarayBenfica · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · L. MelgarejoBenfica
  • 85'Yellow card · Victor WanyamaCeltic
  • 90'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 1, Celtic 2.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Artur Moraes, Luisão, Lima, Ezequiel Garay, André Almeida, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Óscar Cardozo, O. John, Eduardo Salvio

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Scott Brown, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper