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Commentary
1¹A free-kick from HATATE flew over the bar.
1¹FURUHASHI knocked the ball to AJETI who headed it just wide.
4¹DOAK beat DIOGO GONÇALVES and blasted the ball to FURUHASHI who blasted his shot wide.
7¹A right foot shot from AJETI was clawed past the post by the Benfica 'keeper.
8¹GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with AJETI striking the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Celtic)
12¹A shot from AJETI was nodded off the line by PAULO OLIVEIRA.
14¹GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed DOAK to touch the ball to HATATE who drove a right foot shot home. (2-0 Celtic)
19¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing LATYSHONOK.
19¹A good ball from CHRISTIE on the left fell to HATATE who mishit his shot over the bar.
26¹PAULO OLIVEIRA poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
28¹GOAL!! The creative DOAK neatly headed on a cross for FURUHASHI to volley the ball in. (3-0 Celtic)
41¹A cross from DOAK left HATATE in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
43¹A good effort from AJETI scraped the outside of the righthand post.
2²GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by PRÖPPER for HATATE to score. (4-0 Celtic)
6²A weak shot from PEDRO NETO bounced agonisingly wide.
10²The hapless Benfica 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from IWOBI fell just over.
15²CHRISTIE headed over the bar.
17²GOAL!! A quick-witted FURUHASHI pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (5-0 Celtic)
20²A pin-point pass found PEDRO NETO and his left foot effort went narrowly over.
22²GOAL!! RALSTON tried to play the ball out of the Celtic penalty area but was tackled by RODRIGO PINHO who touched the ball to BIRAGHI for a simple tap in. (5-1 Celtic)
30²LATYSHONOK saved a swerving effort from BIRAGHI.
33²A header by HATATE at the near post was easily collected by the Benfica 'keeper.
36²GOAL!! A mishit backpass by BIRAGHI enabled CHRISTIE to nip in and crack the ball past the 'keeper. (6-1 Celtic)
38²DIOGO GONÇALVES scuffed an easy chance.
39²A delightful strike from BIRAGHI was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
43²GOAL!! DIOGO GONÇALVES drove an amazing shot against the upright with IWOBI driving in the rebound. (6-2 Celtic)

 
Celtic
 
League position: 20
Home league form: XXWX
Overall league form: LXXLWLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Evgeni LATYSHONOK6½15½HELTON Brant LEITE
Tony RALSTON7 27½DIOGO António GONÇALVES
Mattia DE SCIGLIO4 37 Cristiano BIRAGHI(c)
(c)Callum McGREGOR7 47½Alex IWOBI
Robin PRÖPPER7½57 PAULO André OLIVEIRA
Stephen WELSH7 66 MORATO
Ben DOAK6½76½Paul POGBA
Reo HATATE6½86½PEDRO Lomba NETO
(p)Albian AJETI6½96½Carlos VINICIUS(p)
(f)Ryan CHRISTIE6½105½Souahilo MEITÉ(f)
Kyogo FURUHASHI6½115½RODRIGO Cunha PINHO
Manager
Daizen MAEDA  12  Bas DOST
Craig GORDON  13  RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO
Connor BARRON  14  CHIQUINHO
JOTA  15  Raúl DE TOMÁS
Ismaila SORO6 16  Nemanja RADONJIC
 
Benfica
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLXLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Celtic 6 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 37,926, Stadium: Celtic Park, Referee: Bo Karlsson 6)

Ajeti 8¹, Hatate 14¹, Furuhashi 28¹, Hatate 2², Furuhashi 17², Christie 36²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Biraghi 22², Iwobi 43²
de SciglioóSoro 30² 
  
  
43
156
62
95
84
179
33
51%49%
Man of the match: Robin Pröpper