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Benfica 1-5 Man United - March 09, 1966 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1965/1966

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1965/1966 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

March 09, 1966

75 000

Benfica

Portugal

1 - 5

Man United

England

(o.g) Shay Brennan

51'

Pat Crerand

Bobby Charlton

George Best (header)

John ConnellyAssist by George Best

George Best

logo Benfica BEN

0' - Goal Pat Crerand photo Bobby Charlton

0' - Goal Bobby Charlton photo George Best

0' - Goal George Best photo John Connelly

0' - Goal John Connelly photo George Best

0' - Goal George Best

logo Benfica BEN

51' - Own goal Shay Brennan51

logo Manchester United MU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

1 - 5

Man United

Benfica Man United

Team line-ups

Benfica

Costa Pereira

Alberto Costa Pereira

Portugal

B.date22/12/1929

Age36 years

positionGoalkeeper

Silva

Augusto Silva

Portugal

B.date06/02/1936

Age30 years

positionDefender

Germano

Luis Germano

Portugal

B.date18/01/1933

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Fernando Cruz

Portugal

B.date12/08/1940

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Cavem

Domiciano Cavem

Portugal

B.date21/11/1932

Age33 years

positionRight full-back

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jose Augusto

Portugal

B.date13/04/1937

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Ferreira Pinto

José Ferreira Pinto

Portugal

B.date07/11/1939

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Coluna

Mario Coluna

Portugal

B.date06/08/1935

Age30 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres

José Torres

Portugal

B.date08/09/1938

Age27 years

H1m91

positionForward

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alberto Costa Pereira	36	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Augusto Silva	30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luis Germano	33	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Cruz	25	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Domiciano Cavem	33	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões	22	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jose Augusto	28	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Ferreira Pinto	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Coluna	30	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Torres	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	24	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

154

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Brennan51

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age23 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Crerand0

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Charlton0

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Best00

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Connelly0

John Connelly

England

B.date18/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Herd

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		33	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		34	484	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan	51	28	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		24	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		23	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		27	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		28	399	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		19	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Connelly		27	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd		31	212	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

237

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mario Coluna

Nelson Fernandes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Béla Guttmann

145

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Guttmann vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 1966

Guttmann vs Busby

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

967

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Benfica

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 09, 1966

Busby vs Guttmann

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 09, 1966

Referee

Concetto Lo Bello

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Benfica3 matches	General total	Man United3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 12, 1969					Latest figure on May 29, 1968

Videos

July 24, 2012

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 19 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Champions League (since 26/09/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Benfica after 18 consecutive wins at home in Champions League (since 05/10/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 76 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 19/11/1961). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/11/1961 (55 matches)

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-0 Os Belenenses02/01/1966

VBenfica 4-0 Académica09/01/1966

VBenfica 3-1 FC Porto23/01/1966

VBenfica 1-0 Lusitano de Évora06/02/1966

VBenfica 5-0 Beira Mar20/02/1966

VBenfica 2-0 Leixões06/03/1966

Overall

LManchester United 3-2 Benfica02/02/1966

VBenfica 1-0 Lusitano de Évora06/02/1966

VSporting CP 0-2 Benfica13/02/1966

VBenfica 5-0 Beira Mar20/02/1966

VBarreirense 1-7 Benfica27/02/1966

VBenfica 2-0 Leixões06/03/1966

Current form

Away

VFulham 0-1 Manchester United15/01/1966

VDerby County 2-5 Manchester United22/01/1966

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Manchester United29/01/1966

VRotherham United 0-1 Manchester United15/02/1966

DStoke City 2-2 Manchester United19/02/1966

VWolverhampton 2-4 Manchester United05/03/1966

Overall

VManchester United 6-2 Northampton Town05/02/1966

DManchester United 0-0 Rotherham United12/02/1966

VRotherham United 0-1 Manchester United15/02/1966

DStoke City 2-2 Manchester United19/02/1966

VManchester United 4-2 Burnley26/02/1966

VWolverhampton 2-4 Manchester United05/03/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	11	5
Unbeaten streak	11	5
Drawless streak	32	6
Scoring streak	59	26
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	7	12
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.4
6.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
10-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Eusebio	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	David Herd
Eusebio	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Denis Law
Eusebio	7 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	David Herd

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	February 02, 1966
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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

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

Denis Law	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Bill Foulkes	1 goal	1966 - 1966
David Herd	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

Luis Germano	1 match	1966 - 1966
Pedras	1 match	1966 - 1966
Fernando Cruz	1 match	1966 - 1966
António Simões	1 match	1966 - 1966
Jose Augusto	1 match	1966 - 1966
Alberto Costa Pereira	1 match	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 Benfica

Tony Dunne	1 match	1966 - 1966
Pat Crerand	1 match	1966 - 1966
Nobby Stiles	1 match	1966 - 1966
Denis Law	1 match	1966 - 1966
David Herd	1 match	1966 - 1966
Harry Gregg	1 match	1966 - 1966