UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase, Matchday 2
Kick-off
Thursday 15 October 202620:00 Irish time
Venue
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e BenficaLisboa
Where to watch
Premier Sports
Club
Benfica
- Home ground
- Estádio do Sport Lisboa e BenficaLisboa
- Competitions 2026/2027
- Liga PortugalUEFA Europa League
Next match
Coming fixtures
22Thu
OctAway
OctAway
atOmonia Nicosia
UEFA Europa League · 20:00
26Mon
OctAway
OctAway
atSanta Clara
Liga Portugal · 18:45
2Mon
NovHome
NovHome
vAlverca
Liga Portugal · 20:15
5Thu
NovHome
NovHome
vLech Poznań
UEFA Europa League · 20:00
8Sun
NovAway
NovAway
atEstrela Amadora
Liga Portugal · 20:30
League position and form
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last five |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ferencváros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | W |
| 7 | Benfica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | W |
| 8 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | W |
Round of 16
Season in numbers
Win rate
71%
5 wins in 7 league matches
Both teams scored
71%
Of its 7 league matches
Goals per game
3.00
21 scored · 0.86 conceded per game
Results
Win · draw · lossAll5 W · 1 D · 1 L from 7
Home3 W · 0 D · 0 L from 3
Away2 W · 1 D · 1 L from 4
WinDrawLoss
When it scores and concedes
By period of the matchScored
Conceded
0–15'
3
0
16–30'
3
0
31–45'
4
2
46–60'
4
1
61–75'
3
1
76–90'
4
2
Goals
Per gameScored3.00
Conceded0.86
- Clean sheets
- 29%
- Failed to score
- 0%
- Goals scored
- 21
- Goals conceded
- 6
Cards
Season total10Yellow · 1.43 per game
0Red · 0.00 per game
Players
League leaders
Top scorer
Vangelis Pavlidis
8goals
1st in the leagueAssists
Gianluca Prestianni
3assists
11th in the leagueYellow cards
Tomás Araújo
4yellow
3rd in the leagueRed cards
Clément Lenglet
1red
1st in the leagueSquad · 31 players
Goalkeepers
2- 1Anatoliy Trubin
- 24Samuel Soares
Defenders
10- 2Clément Lenglet
- 3Alessandro Circati
- 6Alexander Bah
- 17Amar Dedic
- 26Samuel Dahl
- 33Gabriel Índio
- 34Souffian El Karouani
- 44Tomás Araújo
- 58Daniel Banjaqui
- 62José Neto
Midfielders
11- 5Enzo Barrenechea
- 8Fredrik AursnesC (captain)
- 10Georgiy Sudakov
- 16Manu Silva
- 18Leandro Barreiro
- 20Richard Ríos
- 30Claudio Echeverri
- 36João Palhinha
- 73Miguel Figueiredo
- 77Gonçalo Moreira
- 88Tiago Freitas
Forwards
8- 11Dodi Lukébakio
- 13Jakub Kamiński
- 14Vangelis Pavlidis
- 21Andreas Schjelderup
- 22Jhon Durán
- 25Gianluca Prestianni
- 27Rafa Silva
- 72Anísio Cabral
Captain
Benfica Predictions
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Benfica Betting Tips
Our tips for the next match.
Benfica v CelticGoals
Over 2.5 goals
Benfica average 3 goals per match, and 88% of their league games have gone over 2.5. Celtic are tighter at 50%, but the average of the two still prints 69%, and our 1-2 forecast lands the bet on its own.
Confidence
3 of 5
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