UEFA Europa League
· Round 2 · Thu 15 Oct, 19:00
Pre-match prediction
71%
18%
Benfica 71%
Draw 18%
11% Celtic
⏳Made before lineups were confirmed for this match.
Expected goals
2.15 – 0.76
Over 2.5 goals
56%
Both teams to score
48%
Model confidence
normal
Most likely scorelines
2-0 13%
1-0 11%
2-1 10%
1-1 9%
3-0 9%
Lineups
Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.
C
Celtic
4-2-3-1
1
Sinisalo GK
63
Tierney LB
6
Trusty CB
47
Murray CB
51
Donovan RB
22
Baur CDM
42
McGregor CDM
17
Tounekti LW
18
Sørensen CAM
11
Durán RW
9
Høgh ST
1
Trubin GK
26
Dahl LB
2
Lenglet CB
44
Araújo CB
6
Bah RB
36
Palhinha CDM
8
Aursnes CDM
25
Prestianni LW
10
Sudakov CAM
11
Lukebakio RW
22
Durán ST
B
Benfica
4-2-3-1
Benfica · Bench
L. Barreiro, A. Cabral, A. Circati, C. Echeverri, S. El Karouani, Tiago Freitas, Gabriel Indio, Manu, V. Pavlidis, Rafa, A. Schjelderup, Samuel Soares
Celtic · Bench
J. Forrest, H. Hassan, S. Johnstone, Liam Kennedy, J. Lotomba, L. McCowan, B. Nygren, A. Oxlade-Chamberlain, A. Ralston, L. Scales, L. Clearie, C. Osmand
Benfica · last 5 D
Head-to-head
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