Manchester United 3-1 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 6 December 2006
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 6 December 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 3-1 Benfica: match report
Manchester United won against Benfica 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 6 December 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Nelson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nemanja Vidic (45+1'), Ryan Giggs (61') and Louis Saha (75'). Benfica scored through Nelson (27').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 24th on 9 points from 5 and Benfica 15th on 11 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 2 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Benfica's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Nelson
- 34'Yellow card · Ricardo Rocha
- 42'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 45+1'Goal · Nemanja Vidic
- 61'Goal · Ryan Giggs
- 75'Goal · Louis Saha
- 78'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Benfica expected line-up
Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez