League phase, matchday 2

4 - 1

Full time

Thursday 15 October 2026 · 20:00 · HT 3-0 · Estádio da Luz, Lisbon · Referee Nikola Dabanovic

Benfica v Celtic: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Benfica's last 4 home games and Celtic's last 4 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 5 of 8, with 13.0 corners per match (league 8.8) and 4.0 cards (league 4.6).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

League games only

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Benfica v Celtic, full match

53%

Possession

47%

3.18

Expected goals (xG)

1.36

26

Shots

14

7

Shots on target

7

8

Corners

6

9

Fouls

7

3

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

5'

Penalty

Jhon Durán BEN

23'

Goal

Alexander Bah BEN

36'

Goal

Jhon Durán BEN

44'

Yellow card

Samuel Dahl BEN

63'

Goal

Camilo Durán CEL

69'

Yellow card

Alexander Bah BEN

85'

Yellow card

João Palhinha BEN

89'

Goal

Vangelis Pavlidis BEN

At a glance

Benfica

W

L

W

Celtic

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Benfica's home games and Celtic's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Benfica's last 4 home games and Celtic's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

63%

5/8 games · League 49%

Over 1.5 goals

88%

7/8 games · League 74%

Over 2.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 goals

38%

3/8 games · League 36%

Over 9.5 corners

88%

7/8 games · League 41%

Over 3.5 cards

63%

5/8 games · League 68%

Benfica clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 28%

Celtic clean sheet

50%

2/4 games · League 28%

Benfica fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 28%

Celtic fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.1

League 2.7

Corners

13.0

League 8.8

Cards

4.0

League 4.6

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Benfica

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Anatoliy Trubin

DEFENDERS

2

6

26

44

MIDFIELDERS

8

Fredrik Aursnes

10

Georgiy Sudakov

36

João Palhinha

FORWARDS

11

Dodi Lukebakio

22

Jhon Durán

25

Gianluca Prestianni

SUBSTITUTES

24

3

33

34

16

18

27

30

88

14

21

72

Celtic

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Viljami Sinisalo

DEFENDERS

6

47

51

63

MIDFIELDERS

18

Oliver Sørensen

22

Mika Baur

42

Callum McGregor

FORWARDS

9

Kasper Høgh

11

Camilo Durán

17

Sebastian Tounekti

SUBSTITUTES

26

3

5

56

14

21

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

49

62

8

19

23

62

Referee: Nikola Dabanovic

2 games in Liga Portugal this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

3.5

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

16.0

League 25.6

Penalties per game

1.0

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BEN

CEL

Match

League

Goals per match

3.9

2.5

3.2

2.7

Over 0.5

100%

8/8

100%

8/8

100%

16/16

94%

Over 1.5

100%

8/8

63%

5/8

81%

13/16

75%

Over 2.5

88%

7/8

50%

4/8

69%

11/16

55%

Over 3.5

63%

5/8

13%

1/8

38%

6/16

37%

Over 4.5

13%

1/8

13%

1/8

13%

2/16

10%

Bet

BEN

CEL

Match

League

Yes

50%

4/8

38%

3/8

44%

7/16

51%

Yes and win

25%

2/8

38%

3/8

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

4/8

38%

3/8

44%

7/16

44%

Yes and draw

13%

1/8

0%

0/8

6%

1/16

20%

Yes and loss

13%

1/8

0%

0/8

15%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/16

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Bet

BEN

CEL

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

13.3

11.6

8.8

Over 7.5

75%

6/8

100%

8/8

88%

14/16

59%

Over 8.5

63%

5/8

100%

8/8

81%

13/16

48%

Over 9.5

50%

4/8

88%

7/8

69%

11/16

39%

Over 10.5

38%

3/8

88%

7/8

63%

10/16

27%

Over 11.5

38%

3/8

75%

6/8

56%

9/16

20%

Over 12.5

25%

2/8

50%

4/8

38%

6/16

14%

Referee Nikola Dabanovic: 3.5 cards and 16.0 fouls per game in 2 games this season

Bet

BEN

CEL

Match

League

Cards per match

5.1

3.4

4.3

4.5

Over 2.5

88%

7/8

63%

5/8

75%

12/16

83%

Over 3.5

75%

6/8

50%

4/8

63%

10/16

68%

Over 4.5

75%

6/8

38%

3/8

56%

9/16

46%

Over 5.5

50%

4/8

0%

0/8

25%

4/16

30%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Gianluca Prestianni

8 starts · 0.7 per 90

0%

0/7

63%

5/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

Camilo Durán

7 starts · 0.7 per 90

33%

2/6

43%

3/7

14%

1/7

0%

0/7

Kasper Høgh

4 starts · 0.8 per 90

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.