Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017

Result

Benfica 0-1 Manchester United

Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Benfica were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 October 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in the 64th minute.

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 74th on 0 points from 2 and Manchester United 26th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nemanja Matić of Manchester United (8.2), ahead of Chris Smalling (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 41'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaManchester United
  • 54'Yellow card · Diogo GonçalvesBenfica
  • 64'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 0-1
  • 90+2'Second yellow · LuisãoBenfica
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 2, Manchester United 3.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mile Svilar, Douglas Pereira, Luisão, Rúben Dias, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Eduardo Salvio, Pizzi, Filipe Augusto, Diogo Gonçalves, Raúl Jiménez

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku