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Celtic Glasgow 1-0 Benfica - November 06, 2007 / Champions League 2007/2008

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Champions League 2007/2008 - Group D

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

November 06, 2007

58 642

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

1 - 0

Benfica

Portugal

(right foot) Aiden McGeady

45'

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45' - Goal Aiden McGeady45

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61' - Substitution Maxi Pereirais substituted by Ángel Di María

66' - Substitution Jiri Jarosikis substituted by Massimo Donati photo Chris Killen

66' - Substitution Vennegoor of Hesselinkis substituted by Chris Killen66

78' - Substitution Rui Costais substituted by Gonzalo Bergessio photo Nuno Gomes

78' - Substitution Óscar Cardozois substituted by Nuno Gomes

85' - Red card Gilles Binya

89' - Substitution Scott Brownis substituted by Evander Sno89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

Benfica

Celtic Glasgow Benfica

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Vennegoor of Hesselink66

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Netherlands

B.date07/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m91

positionStriker

27McDonald

Scott McDonald

Australia

B.date21/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m72

positionSecond striker

46McGeady45

Aiden McGeady

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/04/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

20Jarosik66

Jiri Jarosik

Czech Republic

B.date27/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m94

positionLeft central defender

8Brown89

Scott Brown

Scotland

B.date25/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m65

positionRight central midfielder

11Hartley

Paul Hartley

Scotland

B.date19/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

3Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

44McManus

Stephen McManus

Scotland

B.date10/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age25 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

41Kennedy

John Kennedy

Scotland

B.date18/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

1Boruc

Artur Boruc

Poland

B.date20/02/1980

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Boruc		27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gary Caldwell		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Jiri Jarosik	66	30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Stephen McManus		25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	D	John Kennedy		24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Lee Naylor		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Brown	89	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Paul Hartley		31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
46	M	Aiden McGeady	45	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Vennegoor of Hesselink	66	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Scott McDonald		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cardozo78

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguay

B.date20/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

26Rodríguez

Cristian Rodríguez

Uruguay

B.date30/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Rui Costa78

Rui Costa

Portugal

B.date29/03/1972

Age35 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

14Pereira61

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

18Binya85

Gilles Binya

Cameroon

B.date29/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

8Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age32 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

3Edcarlos

Edcarlos

Brazil

B.date10/05/1985

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

2Filipe

Luis Filipe

Portugal

B.date14/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

12Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age31 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		31	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Gilles Binya	85	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		26	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Edcarlos		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Maxi Pereira	61	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Luis Filipe		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		32	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Rui Costa	78	35	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Cristian Rodríguez		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	78	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Massimo Donati	66	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Evander Sno	89	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Chris Killen	66	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Ángel Di María	61	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Gonzalo Bergessio	78	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	78	31	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edcarlos

Nuno Assis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

118

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Strachan vs Benfica

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 06, 2007

Strachan vs Camacho

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 06, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

José Antonio Camacho

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Camacho vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 06, 2007

Camacho vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 06, 2007

Referee

Martin Hansson

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	General total	Benfica2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 06, 2007					Latest figure on November 06, 2007

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Key figures

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 0-1 away from home in Champions League, It was on the 16/09/1998 (vs )

Quim played his game number 100 in his professional career with Benfica

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/09/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/08/2006-04/11/2006 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Spartak Moscow29/08/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 5-0 Inverness15/09/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Dundee United29/09/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 AC Milan03/10/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Motherwell27/10/2007

LCeltic Glasgow 0-2 Heart of Midlothian31/10/2007

Overall

VGretna FC 1-2 Celtic Glasgow07/10/2007

LGlasgow Rangers 3-0 Celtic Glasgow20/10/2007

LBenfica 1-0 Celtic Glasgow24/10/2007

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Motherwell27/10/2007

LCeltic Glasgow 0-2 Heart of Midlothian31/10/2007

VKilmarnock 1-2 Celtic Glasgow03/11/2007

Current form

Away

LAC Milan 2-1 Benfica18/09/2007

DBraga 0-0 Benfica23/09/2007

DEstrela da Amadora 1-1 Benfica26/09/2007

VLeiria 1-2 Benfica07/10/2007

LVitória Setúbal 2-1 Benfica31/10/2007

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica03/11/2007

Overall

VLeiria 1-2 Benfica07/10/2007

DBenfica 1-1 Vitória Setúbal20/10/2007

VBenfica 1-0 Celtic Glasgow24/10/2007

VBenfica 2-1 Maritimo Funchal28/10/2007

LVitória Setúbal 2-1 Benfica31/10/2007

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica03/11/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	13
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	4	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

28	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	21
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

1	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Scott McDonald	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Rui Costa
Scott McDonald	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Costas Katsouranis
Scott McDonald	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Óscar Cardozo

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

7 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 17, 2006
Home	3 - 0	October 17, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 01, 2006
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 24, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Benfica

1 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

November 01, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Benfica

3 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

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 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.

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Nuno Gomes	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Eusebio	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Óscar Cardozo	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Andrey Karyaka	1 goal	2006 - 2006
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.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Artur Boruc	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Gary Caldwell	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Stephen McManus	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Lee Naylor	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Evander Sno	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Stephen Pearson	2 matches	2006 - 2006

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

Quim	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Léo	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Costas Katsouranis	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Nuno Assis	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Luisão	3 matches	2006 - 2007
António Simões	2 matches	1969 - 1969