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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Penalty goal · Jhon DuránBenfica · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Alexander BahBenfica · 2-0
  • 36'Goal · Jhon DuránBenfica · 3-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Samuel DahlBenfica
  • 63'Goal · Camilo DuránCeltic · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Alexander BahBenfica
  • 85'Yellow card · João PalhinhaBenfica
  • 89'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica · 4-1

Form and table

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1Benfica3300102+89WWW
35Celtic300339-60LLL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Benfica 3, draws 1, Celtic 2.

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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