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Rafa Benitez v Manchester United
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Stats by opponent manager A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches played against teams managed by Rafa Benitez including RESULTS, STATS and HISTORY. Navigate page below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites, as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals scored vs this opponent manager, most goals conceded vs this opponent manager, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played vs teams managed by Rafa Benitez.
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Manchester United v Rafa Benitez All Time Record

Manchester United club crest PWDLFA
P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 11 7 2 2 21 13 +8 63.64
A 10 4 1 5 6 7 -1 40.00
Total 21 11 3 7 27 20 +7 52.38
 
First Match Played: 20 Sep 2004 v Liverpool W 2-1 Premiership @ Old Trafford  
Last Match Played: 02 Oct 2021 v Everton D 1-1 Premiership @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance: (76000) 23 Mar 2008 v Liverpool W 3-0 Premiership @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored v Opponent Manager: (4) See table below
Most Goals Conceded v Opponent Manager: (4) See table below
Goals scored Appearances Opponent Manager Club Manager
No Player Goals Apps
1. Martial, Anthony 3 5
2. Rooney, Wayne 3 14
3. Tevez, Carlos 2 4
4. Lukaku, Romelu 2 4
5. Silvestre, Mikaël 2 5
6. Ronaldo, Cristiano 2 9
7. Ferdinand, Rio 2 13
8. Hernández, Javier 1 3
9. Rashford, Marcus 1 3
10. Sánchez, Alexis 1 3
11. Park, Ji-Sung 1 4
12. Smalling, Chris 1 4
13. Mata, Juan 1 4
14. Pogba, Paul 1 5
15. Nani, Luis 1 6
16. Brown, Wesley 1 8
17. O'Shea, John 1 9
18. Scholes, Paul 1 10
No Player Apps Goals
1. Giggs, Ryan 14 0
2. Rooney, Wayne 14 3
3. Ferdinand, Rio 13 2
4. Evra, Patrice 12 0
5. van der Sar, Edwin 11 0
6. Carrick, Michael 11 0
7. Scholes, Paul 10 1
8. Vidic, Nemanja 10 0
9. O'Shea, John 9 1
10. Ronaldo, Cristiano 9 2
11. Brown, Wesley 8 1
12. Valencia, Antonio 8 0
13. de Gea, David 7 0
14. Fletcher, Darren 6 0
15. Nani, Luis 6 1
16. Silvestre, Mikaël 5 2
17. Saha, Louis 5 0
18. Neville, Gary 5 0
19. Anderson, Oliveira 5 0
20. Martial, Anthony 5 3
21. Pogba, Paul 5 1
22. van Nistelrooy, Ruud 4 0
23. Park, Ji-Sung 4 1
24. Tevez, Carlos 4 2
25. Jones, Phil 4 0
26. Smalling, Chris 4 1
27. Young, Ashley 4 0
28. Lukaku, Romelu 4 2
29. Mata, Juan 4 1
30. Matic, Nemanja 4 0
31. Keane, Roy 3 0
32. Smith, Alan 3 0
33. Richardson, Kieran 3 0
34. Berbatov, Dimitar 3 0
35. Cleverley, Tom 3 0
36. Hernández, Javier 3 1
37. van Persie, Robin 3 0
38. Lindelöf, Victor 3 0
39. Rashford, Marcus 3 1
40. McTominay, Scott 3 0
41. Sánchez, Alexis 3 1
42. Shaw, Luke 3 0
43. Carroll, Roy 2 0
44. Heinze, Gabriel 2 0
45. Hargreaves, Owen 2 0
46. da Silva, Rafael 2 0
47. Evans, Jonny 2 0
48. Welbeck, Danny 2 0
49. Fellaini, Marouane 2 0
50. Herrera, Ander 2 0
51. Lingard, Jesse 2 0
52. Bellion, David 1 0
53. Fortune, Quinton 1 0
54. Neville, Phillip 1 0
55. Larsson, Henrik 1 0
56. Owen, Michael 1 0
57. Kagawa, Shinji 1 0
58. Buttner, Alexander 1 0
59. Lindegaard, Anders 1 0
60. Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 1 0
61. Bailly, Eric 1 0
62. Cavani, Edinson 1 0
63. Fernandes, Bruno 1 0
64. Greenwood, Mason 1 0
65. Rodrigues, Fredico "Fred" 1 0
66. Sancho, Jadon 1 0
67. Varane, Raphaël 1 0
68. Wan-Bissaka, Aaron 1 0
No Opponent Manager Count
1. Benitez, Rafa 21
No MUFC Managers Count
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Old Trafford 11
2. Anfield 7
3. St James Park, Newcastle 2
4. Stamford Bridge 1
No Competition Count
1. Premiership 18
2. FA Cup 3
No Opponent Count
1. Liverpool 13
2. Newcastle United 4
3. Chelsea 3
4. Everton 1
No Nationality Count
1. England 21
Manchester United red cards Manchester United Cup Finals
No Date Player HAN WDL F-A
1. 15-01-2005 Brown, Wesley A W 1-0
2. 03-03-2007 Scholes, Paul A W 1-0
3. 13-09-2008 Vidic, Nemanja A L 1-2
4. 14-03-2009 Vidic, Nemanja H L 1-4
5. 25-10-2009 Vidic, Nemanja A L 0-2
6. 05-05-2013 da Silva, Rafael H L 0-1
No Date WDL F-A Opponent Competition
No cup finals found vs Benitez, Rafa.
Manchester United penalties scored Manchester United penalties conceded
No Date Player Pens WDL F-A Competition
1. 14-03-2009 Ronaldo, Cristiano 1 L 1-4 Premiership
No Date Count F-A Competition Opponent scorers
1. 14-03-2009 1 1-4 Premiership Fernando Torres 28', Steven Gerrard 44' (pen), Fabio Aurelio 77', Andrea Dossena 90'+1
Manchester United own goals for Manchester United own goals against
No Date OG F-A Scorers
No own goals recorded vs Benitez, Rafa.
Date OG WDL F-A HAN Comp Player
20-09-2004 1 W 2-1 H Premiership O'Shea, John
13-09-2008 1 L 1-2 A Premiership Brown, Wesley
Most goals scored vs opponent manager Most goals conceded vs opponent manager
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
18-11-2017 Newcastle United W 4-1 H Premiership
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
14-03-2009 Liverpool L 1-4 H Premiership
Hat-tricks vs opponent manager  
No Date Player G WDL F-A Competition
No hat-tricks found vs Benitez, Rafa.
 
Matches played v Rafa Benitez
No Date Comp Match footage Shirt Opponents WDL F-A HAN Scorers Opp Scorers
1. 20-09-2004 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 20-09-2004 Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-1 H Mikaël Silvestre 20', 66' John O'Shea 54' (o.g.)
2. 15-01-2005 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 15-01-2005 Liverpool Liverpool Win 1-0 A Wayne Rooney 21'
3. 18-09-2005 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 18-09-2005 Liverpool Liverpool Draw 0-0 A
4. 22-01-2006 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 22-01-2006 Liverpool Liverpool Win 1-0 H Rio Ferdinand 90'
5. 18-02-2006 FA Cup ? Match shirt worn on 18-02-2006 Liverpool Liverpool Loss 0-1 A Peter Crouch 19'
6. 22-10-2006 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 22-10-2006 Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-0 H Paul Scholes 39', Rio Ferdinand 66'
7. 03-03-2007 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 03-03-2007 Liverpool Liverpool Win 1-0 A John O'Shea 90'+1
8. 16-12-2007 Premiership ? Match shirt worn on 16-12-2007 Liverpool Liverpool Win 1-0 A Carlos Tevez 43'
9. 23-03-2008 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 23-03-2008 Liverpool Liverpool Win 3-0 H Wesley Brown 34', Cristiano Ronaldo 79', Nani 81'
10. 13-09-2008 Premiership ? Match shirt worn on 13-09-2008 Liverpool Liverpool Loss 1-2 A Carlos Tevez 3' Wesley Brown 26' (o.g.), Ryan Babel 77'
11. 14-03-2009 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 14-03-2009 Liverpool Liverpool Loss 1-4 H Cristiano Ronaldo 23' (pen) Fernando Torres 28', Steven Gerrard 44' (pen), Fabio Aurelio 77', Andrea Dossena 90'+1
12. 25-10-2009 Premiership ? Match shirt worn on 25-10-2009 Liverpool Liverpool Loss 0-2 A Fernando Torres 65', David Ngog 90'+5
13. 21-03-2010 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 21-03-2010 Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-1 H Wayne Rooney 12', Ji-Sung Park 60' Fernando Torres 5'
14. 10-03-2013 FA Cup Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 10-03-2013 Chelsea Chelsea Draw 2-2 H Javier Hernandez 5', Wayne Rooney 11' Eden Hazard 59', Ramires 68'
15. 01-04-2013 FA Cup Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 01-04-2013 Chelsea Chelsea Loss 0-1 A Demba Ba 49'
16. 05-05-2013 Premiership ? Match shirt worn on 05-05-2013 Chelsea Chelsea Loss 0-1 H *Juan Mata 87'
17. 18-11-2017 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 18-11-2017 Newcastle United Newcastle United Win 4-1 H Anthony Martial 37', Chris Smalling 45'+1, Paul Pogba 54', Romelu Lukaku 70' Dwight Gayle 14'
18. 11-02-2018 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 11-02-2018 Newcastle United Newcastle United Loss 0-1 A Matt Ritchie 65'
19. 06-10-2018 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 06-10-2018 Newcastle United Newcastle United Win 3-2 H Juan Mata 70', Anthony Martial 76', Alexis Sanchez 90' Kenedy 7', Yoshinori Muto 10'
20. 02-01-2019 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 02-01-2019 Newcastle United Newcastle United Win 2-0 A Romelu Lukaku 64', Marcus Rashford 80'
21. 02-10-2021 Premiership Watch match footage Match shirt worn on 02-10-2021 Everton Everton Draw 1-1 H Anthony Martial 43' Andros Townsend 65'
 

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