Manchester United 1-0 Olympiacos F.C.: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 19 March 2014

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Olympiacos F.C.

Champions League · Wednesday 19 March 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Olympiacos F.C.: match report

Manchester United defeated Olympiacos F.C. 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 March 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (25', penalty), Robin van Persie (45+1') and Robin van Persie (52'). Olympiacos F.C. did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Olympiacos F.C. received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 16th on 13 points from 7 and Olympiacos F.C. 22nd on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Olympiacos F.C. in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Olympiacos F.C..

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Olympiacos F.C.'s W-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · K. ManolasOlympiacos F.C.
  • 10'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 10'Yellow card · Alejandro DomínguezOlympiacos F.C.
  • 25'Penalty goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 62'Yellow card · Leandro SalinoOlympiacos F.C.
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Iván MarcanoOlympiacos F.C.

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 0, Olympiacos F.C. 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-5-1)

David de Gea, Rafael, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Danny Welbeck, Robin van Persie

Olympiacos F.C. line-up (4-5-1)

Roberto Jiménez, José Holebas, Konstantinos Manolas, Iván Marcano, Leandro Salino, Giannis Maniatis, Delvin N'Dinga, Hernán Pérez, David Fuster, Joel Campbell, Alejandro Domínguez