Benfica 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2005
Result
Benfica 2-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Benfica 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Benfica beat Manchester United 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 December 2005. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Benfica's goals came from Diego Gómez (16') and Beto (34'). Manchester United scored through Paul Scholes (6').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 40th on 5 points from 5 and Manchester United 12th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-L-D-L-W and Manchester United's D-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Paul Scholes
- 16'Yellow card · Beto
- 16'Goal · Diego Gómez
- 23'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 34'Goal · Beto
- 44'Yellow card · Diego Gómez
- 65'Yellow card · Petit
- 86'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 90+3'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville