Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 26 September 2006
Result
Benfica 0-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Tuesday 26 September 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: match report
Benfica were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 26 September 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Louis Saha of Manchester United in the 60th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 10'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 26'Yellow card · Konstantinos Katsouranis
- 60'Goal · Louis Saha
- 66'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 86'Yellow card · Petit
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up
Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville