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NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED OPPONENT
Benfica

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches vs selected opponent Benfica including HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD, 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 vs opponent, most goals conceded vs opponent, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played vs Benfica.
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Newton Heath/Manchester United vs Benfica
All Time Record

Manchester United club crest PWDLFA
P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 5 4 1 0 12 6 +6 80.00
A 5 3 1 1 9 4 +5 60.00
N 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Total 11 8 2 1 25 11 +14 72.73
Benfica club crest
First Match Played: 02 Feb 1966 W 3-2 European Cup @ Old Trafford  
Last Match Played: 31 Oct 2017 W 2-0 European Cup @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance: (99882) 29 May 1968 W 4-1 European Cup @ Wembley
Most Goals scored v Opponent: (5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded v Opponent: (2) See table below
Goals scored Appearances Opponent Manager Club Manager
No Player Goals Apps
1. Best, George 3 3
2. Charlton, Bobby 3 3
3. Giggs, Ryan 3 4
4. Saha, Louis 2 3
5. Kidd, Brian 1 1
6. Berbatov, Dimitar 1 1
7. Connelly, John 1 2
8. Herd, David 1 2
9. Law, Denis 1 2
10. van Nistelrooy, Ruud 1 2
11. Vidic, Nemanja 1 2
12. Blind, Daley 1 2
13. Rashford, Marcus 1 2
14. Crerand, Pat 1 3
15. Foulkes, William 1 3
16. Scholes, Paul 1 4
17. Fletcher, Darren 1 5
No Player Apps Goals
1. Ferdinand, Rio 5 0
2. Fletcher, Darren 5 1
3. Giggs, Ryan 4 3
4. Ronaldo, Cristiano 4 0
5. Scholes, Paul 4 1
6. van der Sar, Edwin 4 0
7. Rooney, Wayne 4 0
8. Carrick, Michael 4 0
9. Smalling, Chris 4 0
10. Best, George 3 3
11. Charlton, Bobby 3 3
12. Crerand, Pat 3 1
13. Dunne, Tony 3 0
14. Foulkes, William 3 1
15. Stiles, Nobby 3 0
16. O'Shea, John 3 0
17. Smith, Alan 3 0
18. Neville, Gary 3 0
19. Saha, Louis 3 2
20. Evra, Patrice 3 0
21. Valencia, Antonio 3 0
22. de Gea, David 3 0
23. Connelly, John 2 1
24. Gregg, Harry 2 0
25. Herd, David 2 1
26. Law, Denis 2 1
27. Brennan, Shay 2 0
28. Richardson, Kieran 2 0
29. van Nistelrooy, Ruud 2 1
30. Park, Ji-Sung 2 0
31. Heinze, Gabriel 2 0
32. Vidic, Nemanja 2 1
33. da Silva, Fabio 2 0
34. Hernandez, Javier 2 0
35. Jones, Phil 2 0
36. Nani, Luis 2 0
37. Blind, Daley 2 1
38. Herrera, Ander 2 0
39. Lingard, Jesse 2 0
40. Lukaku, Romelu 2 0
41. Martial, Anthony 2 0
42. Mata, Juan 2 0
43. Matic, Nemanja 2 0
44. McTominay, Scott 2 0
45. Mkhitaryan, Henrikh 2 0
46. Rashford, Marcus 2 1
47. Cantwell, Noel 1 0
48. Aston Jnr, John 1 0
49. Kidd, Brian 1 1
50. Sadler, David 1 0
51. Stepney, Alex 1 0
52. Bardsley, Phil 1 0
53. Silvestre, Mikael 1 0
54. Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar 1 0
55. Evans, Jonny 1 0
56. Lindegaard, Anders 1 0
57. Berbatov, Dimitar 1 1
58. Young, Ashley 1 0
59. Lindelof, Victor 1 0
60. Bailly, Eric 1 0
61. Darmian, Matteo 1 0
No Opponent Manager Count
1. Guttmann, Bela 2
2. Koeman, Ronald 2
3. Santos, Fernando 2
4. Jorge, Jesus 2
5. Vitoria, Rui 2
6. Gloria, Otto 1
No MUFC Managers Count
Stadiums Manchester United have played at Manchester United by competition Manchester United opponents Manchester United opponent nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Old Trafford 5
2. Estadio da Luz 5
3. Wembley 1
No Competition Count
1. European Cup 11
No Opponent Count
1. Benfica 11
No Nationality Count
1. Portugal 11
Manchester United red cards Manchester United Cup Finals
No Date Player HAN WDL F-A
No red cards found vs Benfica.
No Date WDL F-A Opponent Competition
1. 29-05-1968 W 4-1 Benfica European Cup
Manchester United penalties scored Manchester United penalties conceded
No Date Player Pens WDL F-A Competition
1. 31-10-2017 Blind, Daley 1 W 2-0 European Cup
No Date Count F-A Competition Opponent scorers
No penalties conceded vs Benfica.
Manchester United own goals for Manchester United own goals against
No Date OG F-A Scorers
1. 31-10-2017 1 2-0 Mile Svilar 45' (o.g.), Daley Blind 78' (pen)
Date OG WDL F-A HAN Comp Player
09-03-1966 1 W 5-1 A European Cup Brennan, Shay
22-11-2011 1 D 2-2 H European Cup Jones, Phil
Manchester United most goals scored vs opponent Manchester United most goals conceded vs opponent
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
09-03-1966 Benfica W 5-1 A European Cup
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
02-02-1966 Benfica W 3-2 H European Cup
07-12-2005 Benfica L 1-2 A European Cup
22-11-2011 Benfica D 2-2 H European Cup
Manchester United Hat-tricks vs opponent  
No Date Player G WDL F-A Competition
No hat-tricks found vs Benfica.
 
Matches played vs Benfica
No Date Comp WDL F-A HAN Scorers Opp Scorers
1. 02-02-1966 EC/UCL W 3-2 H David Herd 37', Denis Law 42', Bill Foulkes 60' Jose Augusto 30', Jose Augusto Torres 70'
2. 09-03-1966 EC/UCL W 5-1 A George Best 6', 13', John Connelly 16', Pat Crerand 80', Bobby Charlton 89' Shay Brennan 52' (o.g.)
3. 29-05-1968 EC/UCL W 4-1 N Bobby Charlton 53', 99', George Best 92', Brian Kidd 93' Jaime Graca 80'
4. 27-09-2005 EC/UCL W 2-1 H Ryan Giggs 39', Ruud van Nistelrooy 85' Simao 59'
5. 07-12-2005 EC/UCL L 1-2 A Paul Scholes 6' Marcio Geovanni 16', Gilberto Galdino Beto 34'
6. 26-09-2006 EC/UCL W 1-0 A Louis Saha 60'
7. 06-12-2006 EC/UCL W 3-1 H Nemanja Vidic 45'+1, Ryan Giggs 61', Louis Saha 75' Nelson 27'
8. 14-09-2011 EC/UCL D 1-1 A Ryan Giggs 42' Oscar Cardozo 24'
9. 22-11-2011 EC/UCL D 2-2 H Dimitar Berbatov 30', Darren Fletcher 59' Phil Jones 4' (o.g.), Pablo Aimar 60
10. 18-10-2017 EC/UCL W 1-0 A Marcus Rashford 64'
11. 31-10-2017 EC/UCL W 2-0 H Mile Svilar 45' (o.g.), Daley Blind 78' (pen)
 

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