Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017
Result
Benfica 0-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: match report
Benfica were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 October 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in the 64th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 74th on 0 points from 2 and Manchester United 26th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nemanja Matić of Manchester United (8.2), ahead of Chris Smalling (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Luisão
- 41'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 54'Yellow card · Diogo Gonçalves
- 64'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 90+2'Second yellow · Luisão
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jesse Lingard
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mile Svilar, Douglas Pereira, Luisão, Rúben Dias, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Eduardo Salvio, Pizzi, Filipe Augusto, Diogo Gonçalves, Raúl Jiménez
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku