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By Chris Bevan
1813: Better from Everton, who link up well with some neat passing… until Jo’s poor cross from the left. Still, the visitors have found their feet now and seem a lot happier.From Kenny, via text on 81111: “Re 1755. Windows wide open: EVERTON TO WIN 2-1!”
1810: A solid start for Everton debutant Seamus Coleman. He has coped well with everything thrown at him in a frenetic first 10 minutes and looks comfortable enough on the ball too.1808: Everton are still settling down, and can’t really keep hold of the ball at the moment. They just need to take the sting out of this one, I think.From peg_leg5125 on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/peg_leg5125)“Having seen the Everton team I am a little worried. Would be pleased with a point from tonight.”
1806: A great early chance for the Portuguese side. A corner is flighted over from the left and Luisao rises above the Toffees defence only to see his poweful header fly wide.1805: A mis-hit volley from Angel di Maria falls for Javier Saviola, but he is flagged offside. His header was off-target in any case. Benfica have started well.1803: An early free-kick in a dangerous position for Benfica, after Angel Di Maria goes down under a challenge by Sylvain Distin on the right of the area. The ball is played in low towards Pablo Aimar but the Toffees clear their lines.1801: Benfica get us under way.1758: A few of you are asking about Everton debutant Seamus Coleman, who has only ever played for the first team in pre-season friendlies before now. He’s a Republic of Ireland Under-21 international left-back who joined the Toffees for £150,000 from Sligo Rovers in July.
1756: Benfica’s eagle mascot Vitoria swoops around the Estadio de Luz… it’s a real eagle by the way. We’re about four minutes away from kick-off.1755: There are four ways to get in touch tonight. You can use606,](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A58698887)text me via 81111 or tweet away to your heart’s content atTwitter.](http://twitter.com/chrisbevan_bbc)The fourth way Open your window and shout - but I can’t guarantee I’ll hear you.
From Nick, via text on 81111: “If anymore Everton players had been injured I might’ve made the bench myself. Win tonight with the players available and it will be their best result for a decade.”
1750: Benfica beat FC BATE Borisov at the Stadium of Light (their ground, not Sunderland’s) in their first Group E match, but lost at AEK Athens in their next outing. Domestically, they are in good form with six wins and a draw from their first seven SuperLiga games.1746: Everton boss David Moyes on his injury-hit side’s hopes of moving closer to qualifying for the knock-out stages tonight: "Getting the job done is part of what we do at Everton. At the moment we have done our job by winning the first two games. We will certainly have to win at least another one to make sure we qualify. We go into all games trying to win but it is fair to suggest we might be happy coming to Benfica and taking a point."1745: TEAM NEWS Benfica v Everton
Leighton Baines joins a lengthy list of Everton absentees, with the left-back one of 11 injured players. Seamus Coleman, 21, makes his debut in place of Baines while Jo starts up front ahead of Louis Saha.
1742: The visit of Hamburg is hardly an easy game for Celtic either, especially considering Celtic Park is not the fortress of old in Europe this season - Tony Mowbray’s side have lost two and drawn one of their three games. Tonight is not make or break for them, but they can’t afford many more slip ups.From gunner-zp - Rosický Returns! Believe in Bendtner on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A58698887)“Hard games for the English teams tonight, and I think they’ll both take a point.”
1740: Everton are first up tonight, at 1800 BST, with Celtic and Fulham both kicking off at 2005 BST.
1738: TEAMS Benfica v Everton
Benfica: Julio Cesar, Ruben Amorim, Luisao, David Luiz, Cesar Peixoto, Ramires, Javi Garcia, Di Maria, Saviola, Aimar, Cardozo. Subs: Quim, Maxi Pereira, Carlos Martins, Fabio Coentrao, Weldon, Nuno Gomes, Sidnei.
Everton: Howard, Gosling, Hibbert, Distin, Coleman, Fellaini, Cahill, Rodwell, Bilyaletdinov, Jo, Yakubu. Subs: Nash, Saha, Duffy, Agard, Baxter, Wallace, Akpan.
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
1734: Everton and Celtic are also in action tonight, with the Toffees looking to continue their 100% record in Group I as they travel to Benfica, and Celtic looking to salvage their Group C campaign at home to Hamburg.
1732: Tonight’s game is a chance for Claudio Ranieri to renew acquaintances with Fulham boss Roy Hodgson, who he knows well from the Englishman’s time in Italy. The bad news for Fulham fans is that Hodgson has never got the better of Ranieri, and the Italian never lost to the Cottagers. when he was in charge at Chelsea. Still, there’s a first time for everything Roy.
1730 BST: It’s more than five years since Claudio Ranieri was sacked as Chelsea boss and the Premier League has certainly been a poorer place for his absence (especially post-match press conferences). Tonight, however, the Tinkerman is back in west London as Fulham host his Roma side in Group E of the Europa League.