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Benfica 3-0 Celtic Glasgow - November 01, 2006 / Champions League 2006/2007

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Champions League 2006/2007 - Group F

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

November 01, 2006

55 000

Benfica

Portugal

3 - 0

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

(o.g) Gary Caldwell

10'

(right foot) Nuno Gomes

22'

(right foot) Andrey Karyaka

76'

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10' - Own goal Gary Caldwell10

22' - Goal Nuno Gomes22

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65' - Substitution Shaun Maloneyis substituted by Aiden McGeady

67' - Substitution Fabrizio Miccoliis substituted by Andrey Karyaka67

72' - Substitution Evander Snois substituted by Maciej Zurawski

76' - Goal Andrey Karyaka76

84' - Substitution Armando Petitis substituted by Beto84

89' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Mantorras89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 0

Celtic Glasgow

Benfica Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Gomes2289

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

30Miccoli67

Fabrizio Miccoli

Italy

B.date27/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m68

positionStriker

20Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

25Assis

Nuno Assis

Portugal

B.date25/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

8Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

6Petit84

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m72

positionRight central midfielder

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

33Rocha

Ricardo Rocha

Portugal

B.date03/10/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

22Nelson

Nelson

Portugal

B.date10/06/1983

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

12Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age30 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Ricardo Rocha		28	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Nelson		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit	84	30	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão		27	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Nuno Assis		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	2289	30	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fabrizio Miccoli	67	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Miller

Kenny Miller

Scotland

B.date23/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Maloney65

Shaun Maloney

Scotland

B.date24/01/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Pearson

Stephen Pearson

Scotland

B.date02/10/1982

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Sno72

Evander Sno

Netherlands

B.date09/04/1987

Age19 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura

Japan

B.date24/06/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age35 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McManus

Stephen McManus

Scotland

B.date10/09/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Caldwell10

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age24 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age35 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Boruc

Artur Boruc

Poland

B.date20/02/1980

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Artur Boruc		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell	10	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen McManus		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Naylor		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		35	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Evander Sno	72	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		35	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Pearson		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shunsuke Nakamura		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Maloney	65	23	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Miller		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	M	Andrey Karyaka	7667	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Beto	84	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mantorras	89	24	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Aiden McGeady	65	20	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Maciej Zurawski	72	30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nuno Assis

Francisco Fonseca

OUT

Fabrizio Miccoli

Paulo Jorge

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kenny Miller

Maciej Zurawski

OUT

Evander Sno

Jiri Jarosik

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Santos vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2006

Santos vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Strachan vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2006

Strachan vs Santos

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2006

Referee

Kyros Vassaras

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica3 matches	General total	Celtic Glasgow4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Celtic Glasgow1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 04, 2007					Latest figure on November 01, 2006

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Key figures

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 26/08/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/12/2004-26/07/2005 time period (27 matches).

End of streak for Benfica after 3 consecutive matches without a win in Champions League (since 13/09/2006).

No Celtic Glasgow manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Gordon Strachan has done less than 13% of losses .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 1-0 Vitória Setúbal30/04/2006

VBenfica 3-0 Austria Vienna22/08/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Nacional Madeira17/09/2006

LBenfica 0-1 Manchester United26/09/2006

VBenfica 4-1 Aves01/10/2006

VBenfica 3-1 Estrela da Amadora22/10/2006

Overall

LBenfica 0-1 Manchester United26/09/2006

VBenfica 4-1 Aves01/10/2006

VLeiria 0-4 Benfica14/10/2006

LCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Benfica17/10/2006

VBenfica 3-1 Estrela da Amadora22/10/2006

LFC Porto 3-2 Benfica28/10/2006

Current form

Away

DInverness 1-1 Celtic Glasgow20/08/2006

VAberdeen 0-1 Celtic Glasgow09/09/2006

LManchester United 3-2 Celtic Glasgow13/09/2006

VFalkirk 0-1 Celtic Glasgow01/10/2006

VDundee United 1-4 Celtic Glasgow14/10/2006

VKilmarnock 1-2 Celtic Glasgow29/10/2006

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 FC Copenhagen26/09/2006

VFalkirk 0-1 Celtic Glasgow01/10/2006

VDundee United 1-4 Celtic Glasgow14/10/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Benfica17/10/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Motherwell21/10/2006

VKilmarnock 1-2 Celtic Glasgow29/10/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	9
Unbeaten streak	3	9
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	8	18
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

32	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	14
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nuno Gomes	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Kenny Miller
Rui Costa	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Shunsuke Nakamura
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kenny Miller
Nuno Gomes	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Kenny Miller

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 26, 1969
Home	3 - 0	November 26, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 17, 2006
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 17, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Benfica

November 26, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970

Benfica

3 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

November 12, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Eusebio	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jaime Graça	1 goal	1969 - 1969
José Diamantino Costa	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Kenny Miller	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Tommy Gemmell	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Harry Hood	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Stephen Pearson	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Willie Wallace	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Malta da Silva	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Jaime Graça	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Mario Coluna	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Eusebio	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Artur Jorge	2 matches	1969 - 1969
José Henrique	2 matches	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Jimmy Johnstone	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Willie Wallace	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Harry Hood	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Billy McNeill	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Jim Craig	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Bobby Murdoch	2 matches	1969 - 1969