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Benfica 2-1 Celtic Glasgow - November 20, 2012 / Champions League 2012/2013

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Champions League 2012/2013 - Group G

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

November 20, 2012

47 065

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

Assist by Óscar Cardozo (right foot) Ola John

Assist by Luisão (right foot) Ezequiel Garay

71'

32'

Georgios Samaras (header) Assist by Charlie Mulgrew

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7' - Goal Ola John7

32' - Goal Georgios Samaras

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46' - Substitution Charlie Mulgrewis substituted by Beram Kayal

64' - Substitution Scott Brownis substituted by Kris Commons

71' - Goal Ezequiel Garay71

75' - Substitution Limais substituted by Nicolás Gaitán75

78' - Substitution Nemanja Maticis substituted by Maxi Pereira78

80' - Substitution Joe Ledleyis substituted by Tony Watt

92' - Substitution Toto Salviois substituted by Jardel92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

Benfica Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cardozo

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguay

B.date20/05/1983

Age29 years

H1m93

positionStriker

15John7

Ola John

Netherlands

B.date19/05/1992

Age20 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Lima75

Lima

Brazil

B.date11/08/1983

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

18Salvio90+2

Toto Salvio

Argentina

B.date13/07/1990

Age22 years

H1m69

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Matic78

Nemanja Matic

Serbia

B.date01/08/1988

Age24 years

H1m94

positionLeft central midfielder

35Pérez

Enzo Pérez

Argentina

B.date22/02/1986

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

25Melgarejo

Lorenzo Melgarejo

Paraguay

B.date10/08/1990

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24Garay71

Ezequiel Garay

Argentina

B.date10/10/1986

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

34Almeida

André Almeida

Portugal

B.date13/09/1990

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

1Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		31	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ezequiel Garay	71	26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic	78	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Enzo Pérez		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Toto Salvio	90+2	22	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ola John	7	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Lorenzo Melgarejo		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lima	75	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo		29	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Samaras32

Georgios Samaras

Greece

B.date21/02/1985

Age27 years

H1m92

positionForward

88Hooper

Gary Hooper

England

B.date26/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m75

positionStriker

21Mulgrew46

Charlie Mulgrew

Scotland

B.date06/03/1986

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft full-back

16Ledley80

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

67Wanyama

Victor Wanyama

Kenya

B.date25/06/1991

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

8Brown64

Scott Brown

Scotland

B.date25/06/1985

Age27 years

H1m65

positionRight central midfielder

2Matthews

Adam Matthews

Wales

B.date13/01/1992

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

6Wilson

Kelvin Wilson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

4Ambrose

Efe Ambrose

Nigeria

B.date18/10/1988

Age24 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

23Lustig

Mikael Lustig

Sweden

B.date13/12/1986

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

1Forster

Fraser Forster

England

B.date17/03/1988

Age24 years

H2m101

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Fraser Forster		24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Kelvin Wilson		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Efe Ambrose		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Charlie Mulgrew	46	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Mikael Lustig		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Adam Matthews		20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Joe Ledley	80	25	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Brown	64	27	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
67	M	Victor Wanyama		21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Georgios Samaras	32	27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	F	Gary Hooper		24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	D	Jardel	90+2	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira	78	28	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	75	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	M	Beram Kayal	46	24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Kris Commons	64	29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Tony Watt	80	18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Toto Salvio

Nicolás Gaitán

OUT

Artur Moraes

Paulo Lopes

OUT

Enzo Pérez

Bruno César

OUT

Ezequiel Garay

Jardel

OUT

Ola John

Nolito

OUT

Óscar Cardozo

Rodrigo

OUT

Lorenzo Melgarejo

Luisinho

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Brown

Beram Kayal

OUT

Gary Hooper

Tony Watt

OUT

Joe Ledley

Kris Commons

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

175

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jesus vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 20, 2012

Jesus vs Lennon

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 20, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Lennon

139

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

73 %

Lennon vs Benfica

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 20, 2012

Lennon vs Jesus

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 20, 2012

Referee

Viktor Kassai

4 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica5 matches	General total	Celtic Glasgow3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Celtic Glasgow1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2016					Latest figure on August 26, 2014

Videos

March 07, 2013

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ola John scores 1 goal in Champions League

It's the first time Georgios Samaras scores 1 goal vs Benfica in his professional career

Benfica keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 06/10/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/12/2011-20/03/2012 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBenfica 2-2 Braga18/08/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Nacional Madeira02/09/2012

LBenfica 0-2 FC Barcelona02/10/2012

VBenfica 2-1 Beira Mar06/10/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Vitória Guimarães03/11/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Spartak Moscow07/11/2012

Overall

LSpartak Moscow 2-1 Benfica23/10/2012

VGil Vicente 0-3 Benfica27/10/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Vitória Guimarães03/11/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Spartak Moscow07/11/2012

VRio Ave 0-1 Benfica11/11/2012

VMoreirense 0-2 Benfica16/11/2012

Current form

Away

VMotherwell 0-2 Celtic Glasgow29/09/2012

VSpartak Moscow 2-3 Celtic Glasgow02/10/2012

VSt. Mirren 0-5 Celtic Glasgow20/10/2012

LFC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic Glasgow23/10/2012

DDundee United 2-2 Celtic Glasgow04/11/2012

VAberdeen 0-2 Celtic Glasgow17/11/2012

Overall

LCeltic Glasgow 0-2 Kilmarnock27/10/2012

VCeltic Glasgow 5-0 St. Johnstone30/10/2012

DDundee United 2-2 Celtic Glasgow04/11/2012

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 FC Barcelona07/11/2012

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 St. Johnstone11/11/2012

VAberdeen 0-2 Celtic Glasgow17/11/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	3	8
Invincibility streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	11	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	8
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
1	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Óscar Cardozo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Georgios Samaras
Óscar Cardozo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Georgios Samaras
Toto Salvio	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Charlie Mulgrew
Ola John	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Charlie Mulgrew
Óscar Cardozo	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 assists during the last 2 matches	Charlie Mulgrew

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 01, 2006
Home	3 - 0	November 01, 2006

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

September 19, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

Celtic Glasgow

0 - 0

Benfica

November 06, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

Benfica

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

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

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
Nuno Gomes	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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
Harry Hood	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Stephen Pearson	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Willie Wallace	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Aiden McGeady	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Tommy Gemmell	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

Luisão	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Quim	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Léo	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Costas Katsouranis	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Nuno Assis	3 matches	2006 - 2007
Nuno Gomes	3 matches	2006 - 2007

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

Lee Naylor	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Evander Sno	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Artur Boruc	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Gary Caldwell	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Stephen McManus	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Jiri Jarosik	3 matches	2006 - 2007