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Commentary
ILICIC's header was well saved by the Celtic 'keeper.
ILICIC headed just beyond the far post.
10¹A corner bobbled toward ASENSIO who nodded the ball inches wide.
11¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from ASENSIO.
17¹A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled WELSH to blast the ball over.
22¹A cynical foul gets MEITÉ a yellow card.
26¹The hapless Celtic 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from CHRISTIE dropped just over.
28¹LATYSHONOK was able to claw away a powerful shot.
32¹GOAL!! A nice run by MEITÉ on the right was capped by a delightful cross which ILICIC touched in from inside the penalty box. (1-0 Benfica)
37¹GOAL!! WELSH drove a wicked shot against the crossbar with CHRISTIE driving in the rebound. (1-1)
39¹A lovely effort from VINICIUS scraped the woodwork.
40¹A shot from AJETI was headed off the line by PAULO OLIVEIRA.
LATYSHONOK dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from Benfica's VINICIUS.
A good ball from ABADA on the left fell to McGREGOR who mishit his effort over the bar.
11²A wonderful save prevented ASENSIO from scoring a good goal.
14²ASENSIO beat McGREGOR and blasted the ball to ARAÚJO who fired his shot wide.
15²POGBA stepped inside PRÖPPER but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
20²A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming LATYSHONOK.
21²A cross from HATATE left AJETI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
23²AJETI waltzed past MEITÉ and stroked a poor shot over.
27²GOAL!! A shot from HATATE dribbled through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted HELTON LEITE. (2-1 Celtic)
30²ILICIC floated the ball to VINICIUS who fired it just beyond the far post.
37²GOAL!! After a steady build-up ASENSIO drove the ball past LATYSHONOK. (2-2)
40²A drive from VINICIUS seemed a certain goal but LATYSHONOK managed to punch the ball away.
41²HENRIQUE ARAÚJO booked for violent conduct.
43²A pin-point pass fell to ASENSIO and his left foot effort went narrowly over.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: XXLLWXXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
HELTON Brant LEITE1Evgeni LATYSHONOK
DIOGO António GONÇALVES2Tony RALSTON
Maximiliano ARAÚJO3Mattia DE SCIGLIO
Alex IWOBI4Callum McGREGOR(c)
(c)Nicolás OTAMENDI5Robin PRÖPPER
PAULO André OLIVEIRA6Stephen WELSH
Souahilo MEITÉ7Liel ABADA
Marco ASENSIO8Reo HATATE
(p)Carlos VINICIUS9Albian AJETI(p)
(f)Paul POGBA10Ryan CHRISTIE(f)
Josip ILICIC11Daizen MAEDA
Manager
Raúl DE TOMÁS  12  Connor BARRON
Bas DOST13  Craig GORDON
HENRIQUE Pereira ARAÚJO14Kyogo FURUHASHI
Nemanja RADONJIC  15  James FORREST
MORATO  16JOTA
 
Celtic
 
League position: 15
Away league form: WXWL
Overall league form: XWWXLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Celtic 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,810, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Tom Øvrebø 6)

Ilicic 32¹, Asensio 37²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Christie 37¹, Hatate 27²
AraújoóDost 28², Diogo GonçalvesóHenrique Araújo 30²PröpperóJota 28², ChristieóFuruhashi 29²
  
Meité 22¹, Henrique Araújo 41² 
21
75
11
103
74
177
81
54%46%
Man of the match: Alex Iwobi