Benfica vs Celtic 4-1

Benfica beat Celtic 4-1 at Estádio da Luz, with Jhon Durán’s early penalty and a first-half burst putting the result beyond doubt before Vangelis Pavlidis added the fourth late on.

Durán opened the scoring from the spot in the 5th minute, Alexander Bah made it 2-0 on 23 minutes from Gianluca Prestianni’s assist, and Durán scored again on 36 minutes, his second of the match, from Prestianni’s second assist. Benfica went in 3-0 up at half-time.

Celtic made two changes on 45 minutes and two more on 57 minutes, and one of the arrivals, Haissem Hassan, set up Camilo Duran to pull a goal back on 63 minutes. Benfica made two changes on 64 minutes, then another double switch across 67 and 68 minutes, while Alexander Bah went into the book on 69 minutes. Vangelis Pavlidis, who came on in the 67th minute, then sealed it on 89 minutes from Tomás Araújo’s assist, making it 4-1. There was a yellow card for João Palhinha on 85 minutes, while Samuel Dahl had already been booked on 44 minutes.

Benfica had 53% of the ball and 574 passes to Celtic’s 516, and they also led the shot count 26-14 and the corner count 8-6. Both sides had seven shots on target, Benfica’s xG was 2.59 to Celtic’s 1.25, and the home side made six saves to Celtic’s three.

Benfica were booked three times, with Samuel Dahl on 44 minutes, Alexander Bah on 69 minutes and João Palhinha on 85 minutes. Celtic had no yellow cards and there were no red cards.