Benfica-Man Utd 0-1 as it happened
- Benfica have won only one of their nine games against Manchester Utd, in all competitions (D2 L6), a 2-1 home win in the 2005/06 Champions League group stages.
- Manchester Utd have also never failed to score against Benfica (9 games).
- Benfica and Manchester Utd met in the 1968 European Cup/Champions League final, the only final in the competition to pit a Portuguese and English side against each other. Matt Busby’s men won 4-1 after extra-time at Wembley.
- Benfica have lost their opening two games of a Champions League campaign for the third time after 2007/08 and 2014/15; they didn’t reach the knockout stages in both previous occurrences.
- Benfica have scored more than two goals only twice in their last 50 Champions League games.
- On the other hand, Benfica have conceded 11 goals in their last three Champions League games, including a 5-0 defeat against Basel last time out, their biggest ever defeat in the competition.
- Benfica have never made it any further than the quarter-finals of the Champions League since 1992/93.
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