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Man United 2-1 Sporting CP - November 27, 2007 / Champions League 2007/2008

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Champions League 2007/2008 - Group F

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

November 27, 2007

Man United

England

2 - 1

Sporting CP

Portugal

Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo (left foot) Carlos Tévez

61'

(free kick) Cristiano Ronaldo

90'

21'

Abel (right foot)

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21' - Goal Abel

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46' - Substitution Darren Fletcheris substituted by Carlos Tévez photo Ryan Giggs

46' - Substitution Naniis substituted by Ryan Giggs46

61' - Goal Carlos Tévez61

68' - Substitution Leandro Romagnoliis substituted by Simon Vukcevic

79' - Substitution Louis Sahais substituted by Owen Hargreaves79

82' - Substitution Marat Izmaylovis substituted by Pontus Farnerud photo Bruno Pereirinha

82' - Substitution Milan Purovicis substituted by Bruno Pereirinha

90' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Sporting CP

Man United Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Saha79

Louis Saha

France

B.date08/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m81

positionStriker

17Nani46

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

7Ronaldo90

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

8Anderson

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

24Fletcher46

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

16Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

15Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

22O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age26 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

29Kuszczak

Tomasz Kuszczak

Poland

B.date20/03/1982

Age25 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tomasz Kuszczak		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		29	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nemanja Vidic		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		26	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher	46	23	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Nani	46	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Louis Saha	79	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Cristiano Ronaldo	90	22	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

112

Sporting CP

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Purovic82

Milan Purovic

Montenegro

B.date07/05/1985

Age22 years

H1m93

positionStriker

31Liédson

Liédson

Portugal

B.date17/12/1977

Age29 years

H1m75

positionStriker

30Romagnoli68

Leandro Romagnoli

Argentina

B.date17/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

28Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

7Izmaylov82

Marat Izmaylov

Russia

B.date21/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

24Veloso

Miguel Veloso

Portugal

B.date11/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Tonel

Tonel

Portugal

B.date13/04/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

4Polga

Anderson Polga

Brazil

B.date09/02/1979

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

3Had

Marian Had

Slovakia

B.date16/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

78Abel21

Abel

Portugal

B.date22/12/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Patricio

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age19 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Tonel		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Anderson Polga		28	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Marian Had		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
78	D	Abel	21	28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Miguel Veloso		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Marat Izmaylov	82	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	João Moutinho		21	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Leandro Romagnoli	68	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Milan Purovic	82	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Liédson		29	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	M	Ryan Giggs	46	33	734	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Owen Hargreaves	79	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Carlos Tévez	6146	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	M	Pontus Farnerud	82	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Simon Vukcevic	68	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Bruno Pereirinha	82	19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Tomasz Kuszczak

Edwin van der Sar

OUT

Darren Fletcher

Owen Hargreaves

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Wes Brown

OUT

John O'Shea

Carlos Tévez

OUT

Anderson

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tonel

Gladstone

OUT

Marian Had

Simon Vukcevic

OUT

Milan Purovic

Ronny

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1177

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Sporting CP

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 27, 2007

Ferguson vs Paulo Bento

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 27, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Paulo Bento

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Paulo Bento vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 27, 2007

Paulo Bento vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 27, 2007

Referee

Claus Bo Larsen

3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Man United5 matches	General total	Sporting CP2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Sporting CP1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 21, 2009					Latest figure on November 27, 2007

Videos

July 14, 2011

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Carlos Tévez scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 58% of wins .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Paulo Bento has done less than 0.68 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-2 Coventry26/09/2007

VManchester United 1-0 AS Roma02/10/2007

VManchester United 4-0 Wigan06/10/2007

VManchester United 4-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2007

VManchester United 4-0 Dynamo Kyiv07/11/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Blackburn11/11/2007

Overall

VDynamo Kyiv 2-4 Manchester United23/10/2007

VManchester United 4-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2007

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester United03/11/2007

VManchester United 4-0 Dynamo Kyiv07/11/2007

VManchester United 2-0 Blackburn11/11/2007

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester United24/11/2007

Current form

Away

VDynamo Kyiv 1-2 Sporting CP02/10/2007

LAS Roma 2-1 Sporting CP23/10/2007

DNacional Madeira 0-0 Sporting CP27/10/2007

VFatima 2-3 Sporting CP31/10/2007

LBraga 3-0 Sporting CP11/11/2007

DLeixões 1-1 Sporting CP24/11/2007

Overall

DNacional Madeira 0-0 Sporting CP27/10/2007

VFatima 2-3 Sporting CP31/10/2007

VSporting CP 4-1 Naval 1 de Maio04/11/2007

DSporting CP 2-2 AS Roma07/11/2007

LBraga 3-0 Sporting CP11/11/2007

DLeixões 1-1 Sporting CP24/11/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	43
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Liédson
Wayne Rooney	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Anderson Polga
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Ryan Giggs	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Patrice Evra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Wayne Rooney	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Liédson

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	February 26, 1964
Home	4 - 1	February 26, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 18, 1964
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 19, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Sporting CP

0 - 1

Man United

March 18, 1964 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1963/1964

Sporting CP

5 - 0

Man United

February 26, 1964 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1963/1964

Man United

4 - 1

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Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Denis Law	3 goals	1964 - 1964
Bobby Charlton	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

Shay Brennan	2 matches	1964 - 1964
Pat Crerand	2 matches	1964 - 1964
Maurice Setters	2 matches	1964 - 1964
Denis Law	2 matches	1964 - 1964
David Gaskell	2 matches	1964 - 1964
Tony Dunne	2 matches	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Vladimir Stojkovic	1 match	2007 - 2007
Ronny	1 match	2007 - 2007
Miguel Veloso	1 match	2007 - 2007
Marat Izmaylov	1 match	2007 - 2007
Leandro Romagnoli	1 match	2007 - 2007
Liédson	1 match	2007 - 2007