Manchester United out to make swell during Benfica’s expense

Manchester United FC done it 3 Group A wins out of 3 during SL Benfica on matchday 3 and could hang adult a place in a turn of 16 when a teams reassemble during Old Trafford.

• Marcus Rashford scored a usually idea in Lisbon, giving United a nine-point pillow over their opponents and gripping José Mourinho’s organisation 3 points transparent during a tip of a section.

• United will validate if they win and PFC CSKA Moskva destroy to kick second-placed FC Basel 1893 in a other matchday 4 game, or if United pull and CSKA lose.

• Bottom side Benfica, who have mislaid all 3 matches, will be incompetent to finish in a tip dual if they remove and Basel equivocate defeat, or if Benfica pull and Basel win.

Previous meetings
• United have now prevailed in 7 of a clubs’ 10 encounters, starting with a quarter-final delight in a 1965/66 European Champion Clubs’ Cup and stability with their 1967/68 final success during Wembley as a English side prisoner a prize for a initial time.

• Benfica’s solitary win came when a organisation including Luisão beat United 2-1 in Lisbon in Dec 2005, expelling Sir Alex Ferguson’s organisation during a organisation theatre for a initial time given 1994.

• United avenged that better when Louis Saha clinched a 1-0 win in Lisbon in Sep 2006. They subsequently came from behind to beat Benfica 3-1 behind during Old Trafford and entrust their opponents to an early exit.

• The sides were also interconnected in a 2011/12 organisation stage, drawing 1-1 in Lisbon with Ryan Giggs (42) cancelling out Óscar Cardozo’s 24th-minute opener for Benfica.

• It was also all-square in their many new tie in Manchester, a Phil Jones possess idea and Pablo Aimar giving Benfica a 2-2 matchday 5 pull during Old Trafford on 22 Nov 2011. United’s goals came from Dimitar Berbatov and Darren Fletcher.

• The line-ups during Old Trafford on 22 Nov 2011 were:
United: De Gea, Fabio (Smalling 82), Jones, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia (Hernández 80), Carrick, Fletcher, Young, Nani, Berbatov.
Benfica: Artur, Emerson, Luisão (Miguel Vítor 58), Garay, Maxi Pereira, Witsel, Javi García, Bruno César, Aimar (Rúben Amorim 83), Gaitán (Matić 68), Rodrigo.

• Benfica, afterwards coached by Jorge Jesus, came initial in Group C in 2011/12; United finished third, behind FC Basel 1893.

Match background

Manchester United
• United are dominant in their 12 games during home to Portuguese visitors (W9 D3). The many new confront was a 3-2 feat over SC Braga in a 2012/13 organisation stage.

• United were 4-1 winners during CSKA Moskva on matchday two, carrying overcome Basel 3-0 during Old Trafford in their initial Group A fixture.

• The Red Devils are dominant in 19 European home matches (W15 D4), going behind to a 2-1 home detriment to Real Madrid CF in a 2012/13 UEFA Champions League turn of 16 second leg. The 1-1 pull with RC Celta de Vigo in final season’s UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg (2-1 aggregate) halted a six-game winning home run.

• This is United’s fifth European tie this term, that started with the 2-1 detriment to Real Madrid in a UEFA Super Cup in Skopje on 8 August. That finished United’s 11-match dominant strain (W8 D3) given a 2-1 annulment during Fenerbahçe SK on matchday 4 of final season’s UEFA Europa League. The better in Istanbul had been their fifth in 9 European games.

• The Madrid detriment is United’s usually retreat in their final 15 European matches, home and divided (W11 D3).

• This is United’s 21st debate in a UEFA Champions League organisation stage, and usually 4 times have they unsuccessful to make a subsequent round. Two of those eliminations came in their final 4 participations; a English bar finished third in their territory in both 2011/12 and 2015/16, their final appearance.

• United finished a clean brush of European trophies with feat in final season’s UEFA Europa League. The win opposite AFC Ajax in Stockholm combined to their European Cup triumphs of 1968, 1999 and 2008 and their 1991 European Cup Winners’ Cup success.

Benfica
• The Eagles suffered their biggest UEFA Champions League better in going down 5-0 during Basel on matchday two.

• Benfica have played 34 games opposite English clubs in UEFA competition; their record is W11 D6 L17 (W4 D2 L10). In further to their 1968 European Cup final better by United, they also mislaid a 2013 UEFA Europa League final in Amsterdam, 2-1 to Chelsea FC.

• The Eagles’ final outing to England was a 3-1 win divided to Tottenham Hotspur FC in a 2013/14 UEFA Europa League turn of 16 initial leg, environment adult a 5-3 total triumph.

• Portuguese double winners in 2016/17, Benfica are in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre for a 13th time – and a eighth deteriorate running.

• The Lisbon outfit got to a quarter-finals in 2015/16 and again progressed from a organisation theatre final year, losing 4-1 on total to Borussia Dortmund in a turn of 16.

• Beaten 2-1 during home by PFC CSKA Moskva on matchday one, Benfica have won usually one of their final 7 European matches, home and away – a 1-0 feat opposite Dortmund in final season’s turn of 16 initial leg – and have mislaid a final four.

• The matchday 3 better was a initial time Benfica have mislaid 4 unbroken European games; they had suffered 3 true defeats on 4 prior occasions.

• Having left down 4-0 in Dortmund in final spring’s final 16, Benfica have won usually 3 of their final 14 divided fixtures in Europe, losing seven. They picked adult 4 points on their travels in final season’s organisation stage.

Coach and actor links
• Mourinho started his coaching career during Benfica in Sep 2000, though lasted small some-more than dual months in charge. In a subsequent 3 seasons, with UD Leiria and FC Porto, he faced a Eagles 7 times (W4 D2 L1). His solitary better came in a 2003/04 Portuguese Cup final.

• Victor Lindelöf assimilated United from Benfica this summer, carrying done 48 joining appearances over 5 years with a Portuguese club.

• Nemanja Matić was during Benfica from 2011 to 2014, scoring 7 goals in 56 joining outings.

• Rui Vitória’s UD Vilafranquense were beaten 4-0 divided to Mourinho’s Porto in a 2003/04 Portuguese Cup final 16.

• During his time with Sporting Clube de Portugal between 2012 and 2014, Marcos Rojo played 5 games opposite Benfica (D1 L4). In a 2013/14 Portuguese Liga, he scored a usually idea in a delight over a Vitória FC organisation managed by Rui Vitória.

• Luisão got a wilful idea in Benfica’s 4-3 win over Sporting in a fourth turn of a 2013/14 Portuguese Cup, a diversion in that Rojo was sent off.

• Zlatan Ibrahimović netted twice in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-0 win opposite Benfica in a 2013/14 UEFA Champions League organisation stage.

• Haris Seferovic was sent off in Switzerland’s 2-1 accessible better by Belgium in May 2016, Romelu Lukaku scoring twice.

• Daley Blind scored past Júlio César as a Netherlands kick Brazil 3-0 in a third-place play-off during a 2014 FIFA World Cup.

• Have played together:
Júlio César Zlatan Ibrahimović (FC Internazionale Milano, 2006–09)
Eduardo Salvio David De Gea (Club Atlético de Madrid, 2009/10)
Jonas Juan Mata (Valencia CF, 2010/11)

• International team-mates:
Ljubomir Fejsa, Andrija Živković Nemanja Matić (Serbia)
Eduardo Salvio, Sergio Romero Marcos Rojo (Argentina)

• Mourinho was Júlio César’s manager during Internazionale between 2008 and 2010, winning a three-way including a UEFA Champions League in 2009/10.