UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Manchester United WWWWD 1
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Benfica LLWLD 0
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Estádio da Luz · 57,684 att.

Match Report

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Marcus Rashford bails out Man United in narrow win vs. Benfica

Marcus Rashford set Man United on their way in a 1-0 win against Benfica in Champions League Group A on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
3
64
Possession
36
10
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
5
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

MAN leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SLB · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Mile SvilarG
  2. 66Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 5Ljubomir FejsaDM
  5. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  6. 8DouglasRB
  7. 6Filipe AugustoCM-L
  8. 21PizziCM-R
  9. 84Diogo GonçalvesLM
  10. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  11. 9Raúl JiménezF

Substitutes

  1. 2Lisandro LópezSUB
  2. 17Andrija ZivkovicSUB
  3. 10JonasSUB
  4. 7Andreas SamarisSUB
  5. 14Haris SeferovicSUB
  6. 22Franco CerviSUB
  7. 12Julio César De LeónSUB

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 12Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 2Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 17Daley BlindLB
  5. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  6. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanAM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 21Ander HerreraRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 19Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 8Juan MataAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Phil JonesSUB
  2. 36Matteo DarmianSUB
  3. 14Jesse LingardSUB
  4. 39Scott McTominaySUB
  5. 18Ashley YoungSUB
  6. 20Sergio RomeroSUB
  7. 11Anthony MartialSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Luisão (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Benfica. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Pizzi.
  5. 64' Goal! Benfica 0, Manchester United 1. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  6. 69' Substitution, Benfica. Jonas replaces Diogo Gonçalves.
  7. 76' Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Marcus Rashford because of an injury.
  8. 83' Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Eduardo Salvio.
  9. 83' Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Juan Mata.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  11. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Luisão (Benfica) for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+5' Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.

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