Review: SL Benfica 1 v 1 Manchester United - 14-09-2011 - European Cup - Matchday 01 - Group C

Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.

SL Benfica 1 v 1 Manchester united

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP C, matchday 01

Estadio da Luz, Portugal, 7.45pm GMT, Tuesday 14th September 2011.

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Oscar Cardozo 24'

Ryan Giggs 42''

Match Facts

Match Officials

Referee
Damir Skomina (SVN)

Attendance

59,671

Possession

47%-53%

ATTEMPTS ON TARGET

6-2

MUFCINFO.COM's Man of the Match
	Anders Lindegaard
	Some real good saves from our Great Dane, was the standout performer on a night few stood out.

Team Line ups

SL Benfica	Manchester United
01 Artur 03 Emerson 04 Luisao 14 Pereira yellow card 24 Garay 05 Amorim (Nolito 56) 06 Javi Garcia 10 Aimar yellow card (Matic 75) 20 Gaitan yellow card (Bruno Cesar 90+1) 28 Witsel 07 Cardozo Substitutes 47 Eduardo, 33 Jardel, 08 Bruno Cesar, 21 Matic, 09 Nolito, 19 Machado, 30 Saviola	34 Lindegaard 03 Evra 06 Evans 12 Smalling 20 Fabio Da Silva (Jones 78) 11 Giggs 13 Park Ji-Sung 16 Carrick yellow card 24 Fletcher (Hernandez 69) 25 Valencia (Nani 69) 10 Rooney yellow card Substitutes 01 De Gea, 04 Jones, 08 Anderson, 17 Nani, 07 Owen, 09 Berbatov, 14 Hernandez

Current Goalscoring Facts

Current Appearance Stats

Ryan Giggs

29th European Cup goal of his Manchester United career in 137 appearances.

160th overall goal scored for Manchester United in 880 appearances.
3rd goal scored for Manchester United against SL Benfica in 4 appearances.
Currently Ranks 8th in the All Time goalscorers listing for Manchester United.

Ji-Sung Park
180th overall appearance for Manchester United.

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Patrice Evra
250th overall appearance for Manchester United.

Ryan Giggs
880th overall appearance for Manchester United.

Matching Goalscoring Milestones

Matching Appearance Milestones

The following players are currently tied on 28 overall MUFC European goals.

Wayne Rooney	Denis Law

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The following players are currently tied on 293 overall appearances.

Darren Fletcher	Dennis Viollet

The following players are currently tied on 328 overall appearances.

Wayne Rooney	Charlie Moore

Goalkeeping Clean sheets

Red Cards

None

Manchester United Club Statistical Milestones

Manchester United Club Stats v SL Benfica

ALL MATCHES v Portuguese OPPOSITION

Opponents	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
Portugal	22	14	4	4	47	27	20	63.6%

Opponent Manager RECORDS

Opponent Manager	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
Jesus, Jorge	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0

OVERALL MUFC EUROPEAN CUP RECORD

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
H	112	83	21	8	275	88	187
A	113	45	34	34	148	119	29
N	5	2	1	2	8	8	0
Total	230	130	56	44	431	215	216

OVERALL NH/MUFC CLUB RECORD

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
H	2572	1602	558	412	5304	2376	2928
A	2548	897	661	990	3642	3977	-335
N	113	51	29	33	181	132	49
Total	5233	2550	1248	1435	9127	6485	2642

ALL MATCHES V SL Benfica

OVERALL RECORD
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
H	3	3	0	0	8	4	4
A	4	2	1	1	8	4	4
N	1	1	0	0	4	1	3
TOTAL	8	6	1	1	20	9	11

OVERALL EUROPEAN CUP RECORD v SL Benfica

OVERALL RECORD
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
H	3	3	0	0	8	4	4
A	4	2	1	1	8	4	4
N	1	1	0	0	4	1	3
TOTAL	8	6	1	1	20	9	11

MUFC RECORD @ the Estadio da Luz

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
HOME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AWAY	4	2	1	1	8	4	4
NEUTRAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	2	1	1	8	4	4

saf V SL Benfica

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
HOME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AWAY	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
NEUTRAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	1	1	1	3	3	0

Current Season Top Goalscorers
	L	LC	FAC	CS	UCL
Name						Total
Wayne Rooney	8	0	0	0	0	8
Nani	1	0	0	2	0	3
Javier Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	2
Danny Welbeck	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ashley Young	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ji Sung Park	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Giggs	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Smalling	0	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goal	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	18	0	0	3	1	22

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