Celtic Supporters are in Lisbon for tonight’s clash with Benfica. A tough away assignment in the second game of the current Europa League campaign. Celtic were poor at Celtic Park in the first game of the competition against Ferencvaros going down 3-1. The stadium was almost empty at full time. The Celtic fans showed their vocal frustration at the end of the game.
After a long international break Celtic returned to winning ways against Motherwell on Sunday and the 2-0 win maybe flattered Motherwell after Celtic missed a lot of goal chances and the home team’s goalkeeper pulled off some fine saves. The win put Celtic back on top of the SPFL table after the rangers went top for less than 24 hours after beating Kilmarnock on Saturday .
Benfica warmed up for tonight’s game with a 2-0 home win over Vitoria. They sit second in the league in Portugal and were beaten by table toppers Porto 3-1 away from home a few weeks ago. In the Europa League they recorded an impressive 2-0 win away to AC Milan in their opening game of the competition.
The home side are 5/19 heavy favourites to win the game with the bookies. Celtic are 11/1 and the draw is 13/2. Could Celtic pull off a shock win in the city of Celtic’s greatest ever victory back in May 1967.
For Celtic fans attending the game the meeting point is Praça Do Comercio available from 2pm. From there use the Metro blue line to Colegio Militar and it’s a short walk to the stadium
Advice is be at the stadium around 6pm as it’ll take a while to get everyone through the search lanes, be early especially if bringing kids. Banners up to 2 metres are fine, no drum no megaphones are allowed. Banners can’t cover the passageways
No drink on sale in the stadium and there will be a holdback for 30 minutes before heading back to city via the Metro.
If you’re not attending the game here are your options to watch on TV. You can watch it in Ireland and the UK on TNT Sports 3. HBO Max and Discovery+ are streaming it. The CelticPlayer will stream the game outside Ireland and UK. United States CBS Sports Network and Paramount+, Canada DAZN/ One Soccer and Portugal Sport TV5.
Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes Celtic Fanzine & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast
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