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Benfica 2-1 Man United - December 07, 2005 / Champions League 2005/2006

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Champions League 2005/2006 - Group D

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

December 07, 2005

60 000

2 - 1

Man United

England

Assist by Nelson (header) Geovanni

16'

Beto

34'

Paul ScholesAssist by Gary Neville

logo Benfica BEN

6' - Goal Paul Scholes

16' - Goal Geovanni16

18' - Yellow card Beto18

23' - Yellow card Cristiano Ronaldo

34' - Goal Beto34

44' - Yellow card Geovanni44

logo Benfica BEN

61' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Louis Saha

65' - Yellow card Armando Petit65

67' - Substitution Cristiano Ronaldois substituted by Ji-sung Park

73' - Substitution Nuno Assisis substituted by Joao Pereira73

80' - Substitution Geovanniis substituted by Mantorras80

85' - Substitution Gary Nevilleis substituted by Kieran Richardson

86' - Yellow card Gary Neville

90' - Substitution Léois substituted by Ricardo Rocha90

93' - Yellow card Rio Ferdinand

logo Manchester United MU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 1

Man United

Benfica Man United

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Gomes

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m81

positionStriker

15Assis73

Nuno Assis

Portugal

B.date25/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

16Beto3418

Beto

Brazil

B.date20/11/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

6Petit65

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age29 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

11Geovanni168044

Geovanni

Brazil

B.date11/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m71

positionForward

5Léo90

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age30 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

22Nelson

Nelson

Portugal

B.date10/06/1983

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

3Anderson

Cleber Anderson

Brazil

B.date27/04/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

13Alcides

Alcides

Brazil

B.date13/03/1985

Age20 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

12Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age30 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Alcides		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Cleber Anderson		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo	90	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Nelson		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Beto	3418	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit	65	29	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Nuno Assis	73	28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Geovanni	168044	25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes		29	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

8Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

14Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date28/10/1980

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

7Ronaldo6723

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

11Giggs61

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

18Scholes6

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

22O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age24 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

27Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5Ferdinand93

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

2Neville8586

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

19Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age35 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Edwin Van der Sar		35	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand	93	27	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre		28	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville	8586	30	477	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		24	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	61	32	645	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Alan Smith		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes	6	31	485	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Cristiano Ronaldo	6723	20	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy		29	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Wayne Rooney		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

243

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
43	G	Rui Nereu		19
33	D	Ricardo Rocha	90	27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Joao Pereira	73	21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Manuel Dos Santos		31
8	M	Bruno Aguiar		24
28	M	Hélio Roque		20
9	F	Mantorras	80	23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tim Howard		26
6	D	Wes Brown		26
26	D	Phil Bardsley		20
23	M	Kieran Richardson	85	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park	67	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher		21
9	F	Louis Saha	61	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Cleber Anderson

Ricardo Rocha

OUT

Geovanni

Andrey Karyaka

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Neville

Ji-sung Park

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Wes Brown

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Koeman vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2005

Koeman vs Ferguson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1064

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2005

Ferguson vs Koeman

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 07, 2005

Referee

Kyros Vassaras

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica3 matches	General total	Man United4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 04, 2007					Latest figure on April 24, 2007

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Sir Alex Ferguson has registered 200 loss since the 06/11/1986 as the manager of Manchester United next after this match..

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-2 in Champions League, It was on the 25/02/2004 (vs )

Benfica keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Champions League running (since 24/11/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/09/1983-02/10/1991 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 4-0 Leiria18/09/2005

VBenfica 2-1 Vitória Guimarães03/10/2005

VBenfica 2-0 Estrela da Amadora22/10/2005

LBenfica 0-1 Villarreal02/11/2005

DBenfica 2-2 Rio Ave06/11/2005

DBenfica 0-0 Os Belenenses27/11/2005

Overall

LBenfica 0-1 Villarreal02/11/2005

DBenfica 2-2 Rio Ave06/11/2005

LBraga 3-2 Benfica19/11/2005

DLille 0-0 Benfica22/11/2005

DBenfica 0-0 Os Belenenses27/11/2005

VMaritimo Funchal 0-1 Benfica03/12/2005

Current form

Away

VFulham 2-3 Manchester United01/10/2005

VSunderland 1-3 Manchester United15/10/2005

LMiddlesbrough 4-1 Manchester United29/10/2005

LLille 1-0 Manchester United02/11/2005

VCharlton 1-3 Manchester United19/11/2005

VWest Ham 1-2 Manchester United27/11/2005

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Chelsea06/11/2005

VCharlton 1-3 Manchester United19/11/2005

DManchester United 0-0 Villarreal22/11/2005

VWest Ham 1-2 Manchester United27/11/2005

VManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion30/11/2005

VManchester United 3-0 Portsmouth03/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

48	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	13
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.29
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.33

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Fabrizio Miccoli	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Fabrizio Miccoli	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gabriel Heinze
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Wayne Rooney
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cristiano Ronaldo
Manuel Fernandes	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 7 matches	Ruud van Nistelrooy

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

5 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

14 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 09, 1966
Away	5 - 1	March 09, 1966

Latest head to head

September 27, 2005 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Man United

2 - 1

Benfica

May 29, 1968 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1967/1968

Man United

4 - 1

Benfica

March 09, 1966 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1965/1966

Benfica

1 - 5

Man United

February 02, 1966 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1965/1966

Man United

3 - 2

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Man United

José Torres	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Jose Augusto	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Simão	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Jaime Graça	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1966 - 1968
George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Pat Crerand	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Brian Kidd	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Bill Foulkes	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Eusebio	3 matches	1966 - 1968
António Simões	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Jose Augusto	3 matches	1966 - 1968
José Torres	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Fernando Cruz	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Mario Coluna	3 matches	1966 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Nobby Stiles	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Bill Foulkes	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Bobby Charlton	3 matches	1966 - 1968
George Best	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Tony Dunne	3 matches	1966 - 1968
Pat Crerand	3 matches	1966 - 1968