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Benfica 0-1 Man United - September 26, 2006 / Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

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Ligue des Champions 2006/2007 - Groupe F

Estadio da Luz - Lisbonne - Portugal

September 26, 2006

0 - 1

Man United

England

60'

Louis Saha (left foot) Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo

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60' - Goal Louis Saha

62' - Substitution Georgios Karagounisis substituted by Nuno Assis62

65' - Substitution Paulo Jorgeis substituted by Fabrizio Miccoli65

82' - Substitution Cleber Andersonis substituted by Mantorras82

85' - Substitution Wayne Rooneyis substituted by Alan Smith photo Darren Fletcher

85' - Substitution Louis Sahais substituted by Darren Fletcher

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

0 - 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

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

20Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

26Karagounis62

Georgios Karagounis

Greece

B.date06/03/1977

Age29 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

15Jorge65

Paulo Jorge

Portugal

B.date05/05/1981

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

6Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

3Anderson82

Cleber Anderson

Brazil

B.date27/04/1980

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

13Alcides

Alcides

Brazil

B.date13/03/1985

Age21 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	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Cleber Anderson	82	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Alcides		21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		31	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit		30	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Paulo Jorge	65	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Georgios Karagounis	62	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão		26	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes		30	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Saha6085

Louis Saha

France

B.date08/08/1978

Age28 years

H1m81

positionStriker

8Rooney85

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

7Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

18Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

16Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age25 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

22O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age25 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

4Heinze

Gabriel Heinze

Argentina

B.date19/04/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

15Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age24 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age31 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age35 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Edwin Van der Sar		35	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		27	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gabriel Heinze		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	John O'Shea		25	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Gary Neville		31	512	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes		31	496	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Wayne Rooney	85	20	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Louis Saha	6085	28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo		21	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	M	Nuno Assis	62	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fabrizio Miccoli	65	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mantorras	82	24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
14	M		Alan Smith	85	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M		Darren Fletcher	85	22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nuno Gomes

Fabrizio Miccoli

OUT

Armando Petit

Nuno Assis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John O'Shea

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Louis Saha

Kieran Richardson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Santos vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2006

Santos vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1104

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Benfica

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2006

Ferguson vs Santos

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2006

Referee

Frank De Bleeckere

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Benfica2 matches	General total	Man United6 matches	4 victories	0 draw	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Man United2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 26, 2006					Latest figure on March 30, 2010

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Key figures

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-0 in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 26/11/2003 (vs )

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored in Ligue des Champions running (since 07/12/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/04/2003-28/09/2004 time period (14 matches).

It's the first time Louis Saha scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 1-0 Braga25/03/2006

DBenfica 0-0 FC Barcelona28/03/2006

DBenfica 2-2 Maritimo Funchal09/04/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Vitória Setúbal30/04/2006

VBenfica 3-0 Austria Vienna22/08/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Nacional Madeira17/09/2006

Overall

DAustria Vienna 1-1 Benfica08/08/2006

VBenfica 3-0 Austria Vienna22/08/2006

LBoavista 3-0 Benfica09/09/2006

DFC Copenhagen 0-0 Benfica13/09/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Nacional Madeira17/09/2006

DPaços de Ferreira 1-1 Benfica22/09/2006

Current form

Away

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United01/04/2006

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United17/04/2006

LChelsea 3-0 Manchester United29/04/2006

VCharlton 0-3 Manchester United23/08/2006

VWatford 1-2 Manchester United26/08/2006

DReading 1-1 Manchester United23/09/2006

Overall

VCharlton 0-3 Manchester United23/08/2006

VWatford 1-2 Manchester United26/08/2006

VManchester United 1-0 Tottenham09/09/2006

VManchester United 3-2 Celtic Glasgow13/09/2006

LManchester United 0-1 Arsenal17/09/2006

DReading 1-1 Manchester United23/09/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

27	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	9
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nuno Gomes	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Louis Saha
Rui Costa	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Louis Saha
Nuno Gomes	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Louis Saha

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

15 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	December 07, 2005
Home	2 - 1	December 07, 2005

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

December 07, 2005 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Benfica

2 - 1

Man United

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
Simão	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Beto	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Jose Augusto	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Geovanni	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
Denis Law	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Pat Crerand	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Ryan Giggs	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Brian Kidd	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.

Players with most games played vs Man United

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