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Man United 2-2 Benfica - November 22, 2011 / Champions League 2011/2012

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Champions League 2011/2012 - Group C

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

November 22, 2011

Man United

England

2 - 2

Benfica

Portugal

Assist by Nani (header) Dimitar Berbatov

30'

(right foot) Darren Fletcher

59'

Phil Jones (o.g)

61'

Pablo Aimar (right foot)

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3' - Own goal Phil Jones

30' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov30

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58' - Substitution Luisãois substituted by Miguel Vítor

59' - Goal Darren Fletcher59

61' - Goal Pablo Aimar

68' - Substitution Nicolás Gaitánis substituted by Nemanja Matic

80' - Substitution Luis Antonio Valenciais substituted by Javier Hernández80

82' - Substitution Fabiois substituted by Chris Smalling82

83' - Substitution Pablo Aimaris substituted by Ruben Amorim

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

Benfica

Man United Benfica

Team line-ups

Man United

1 De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

4 Jones3

Phil Jones

England

B.date21/02/1992

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age33 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

20 Fabio82

Fabio

Brazil

B.date09/07/1990

Age21 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

3 Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

16 Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age30 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

24 Fletcher59

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

25 Valencia80

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18 Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17 Nani

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

9 Berbatov30

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Phil Jones	3	19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		33	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Fabio	82	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		30	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		30	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Darren Fletcher	59	27	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Luis Antonio Valencia	80	26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ashley Young		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Nani		25	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dimitar Berbatov	30	30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

Benfica

1 Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age30 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

4 Luisão58

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age30 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

24 Garay

Ezequiel Garay

Argentina

B.date10/10/1986

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

3 Emerson Conçeiçao

Emerson Conçeiçao

Brazil

B.date23/02/1986

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

14 Pereira

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

6 Javi García

Javi García

Spain

B.date08/02/1987

Age24 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Bruno César

Bruno César

Brazil

B.date03/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

28 Witsel

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

20 Gaitán68

Nicolás Gaitán

Argentina

B.date23/02/1988

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Aimar6183

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age32 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

19 Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Spain

B.date06/03/1991

Age20 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão	58	30	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ezequiel Garay		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Emerson Conçeiçao		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira		27	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Javi García		24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Axel Witsel		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	68	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Pablo Aimar	6183	32	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Rodrigo		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	D		Chris Smalling	82	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F		Javier Hernández	80	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
27	D	Miguel Vítor	58	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ruben Amorim	83	26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic	68	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dimitar Berbatov

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ji-sung Park

OUT

Fabio

Wayne Rooney

OUT

Darren Fletcher

Nemanja Vidic

OUT

Ashley Young

Javier Hernández

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emerson Conçeiçao

Joan Capdevila

OUT

Maxi Pereira

Ruben Amorim

OUT

Artur Moraes

Eduardo

OUT

Rodrigo

Rodrigo Mora

OUT

Nicolás Gaitán

Nolito

OUT

Bruno César

Miguel Vítor

OUT

Axel Witsel

Nelson Oliveira

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1415

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Benfica

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2011

Ferguson vs Jesus

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

128

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Jesus vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2011

Jesus vs Ferguson

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2011

Referee

Cuneyt Cakir

0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Man United3 matches	General total	Benfica4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2013					Latest figure on February 18, 2021

Videos

March 11, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Benfica running (since 06/12/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 23 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 08/05/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/11/2010-01/05/2011 time period (35 matches).

It's the first time Darren Fletcher scores a goal in Champions League since the 02/11/2010 (with Manchester United vs Bursaspor )

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-1 Chelsea18/09/2011

DManchester United 3-3 FC Basel27/09/2011

VManchester United 2-0 Norwich City01/10/2011

LManchester United 1-6 Manchester City23/10/2011

VManchester United 2-0 Otelul Galati02/11/2011

VManchester United 1-0 Sunderland05/11/2011

Overall

LManchester United 1-6 Manchester City23/10/2011

VAldershot Town 0-3 Manchester United25/10/2011

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United29/10/2011

VManchester United 2-0 Otelul Galati02/11/2011

VManchester United 1-0 Sunderland05/11/2011

VSwansea 0-1 Manchester United19/11/2011

Current form

Away

VOtelul Galati 0-1 Benfica27/09/2011

VPortimonense 0-2 Benfica14/10/2011

VFC Basel 0-2 Benfica18/10/2011

VBeira Mar 0-1 Benfica22/10/2011

DBraga 1-1 Benfica06/11/2011

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-1 Benfica18/11/2011

Overall

VFC Basel 0-2 Benfica18/10/2011

VBeira Mar 0-1 Benfica22/10/2011

VBenfica 2-1 Olhanense29/10/2011

DBenfica 1-1 FC Basel02/11/2011

DBraga 1-1 Benfica06/11/2011

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-1 Benfica18/11/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	34	24
Invincibility streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	12	22
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	12	22
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	9
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	8
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Wayne Rooney	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Danny Welbeck	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Wayne Rooney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Ryan Giggs	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Nicolás Gaitán
Ryan Giggs	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Nicolás Gaitán
Wayne Rooney	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 assists during the last 4 matches	Nicolás Gaitán

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

12 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Total

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

20 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

5 gf

12 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

1 d

6 l

9 gf

20 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 09, 1966
Home	4 - 1	May 29, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	December 07, 2005
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 14, 2011 - Ligue des Champions 2011/2012

Benfica

1 - 1

Man United

December 06, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Man United

3 - 1

Benfica

September 26, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Benfica

0 - 1

Man United

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

Best historical scorers against Benfica

George Best	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Ryan Giggs	3 goals	2005 - 2011
Louis Saha	2 goals	2006 - 2006
John Connelly	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Denis Law	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 Man United

Beto	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Nelson	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Jaime Graça	1 goal	1968 - 1968
José Torres	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Geovanni	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Óscar Cardozo	1 goal	2011 - 2011

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

Rio Ferdinand	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Paul Scholes	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Darren Fletcher	4 matches	2005 - 2011
Wayne Rooney	4 matches	2005 - 2011
Edwin van der Sar	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 matches	2005 - 2006

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

Luisão	5 matches	2005 - 2011
Armando Petit	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Nuno Gomes	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Mantorras	3 matches	2005 - 2006
Fabrizio Miccoli	3 matches	2005 - 2006
Quim	3 matches	2005 - 2006