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Manchester United moved one step closer to reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Benfica on Wednesday night at Lisbon's Estadio da Luz.

A superb strike from Marcus Rashford in the 64th minute, which was caught behind the line by 18-year-old Portuguese goalkeeper Mile Svilar, was enough for the Red Devils to take another three points as they continue their march to the round of 16.

It was a meeting between the top and bottom teams in Group A. United lead the first three games with maximum points and seven goals. Meanwhile, Benfica does not yet have a single point to its name and has conceded 6 more goals than it scored.

How Benfica and Manchester United played

Agia Vitória, the famous eagle mascot of the Portuguese champions, made its traditional flight around the Estadio da Luz before the teams took to the field. Benfica created the first real chance in the 15th minute of the game, after a powerful run and cross from Alex Grimaldo led to Eduardo Salvio taking a shot on goal that missed the target.

A few minutes later, Romelu Lukaku headed towards the Benfica goal, but the whistle sounded a second earlier, which brought noticeable relief to Svilar, who became the youngest goalkeeper in the Champions League.

After Rashford headed in Blind's high cross in the 31st minute, Svil was forced into action with a fine save as former Eagles star Nemanja Matic's shot could have turned into a goal. From that moment on, “The Reds began to control the game more. Just before the break, Henrikh Mkhitaryan tried to hit the home team's goal, but his ball flew wide.

Rashford played very well, was constantly alert and a few minutes after the hour mark his flurry of activity with quick succession of strikes paid off as United took the lead. After the England striker took two sharp corners high enough to send Svilar into panic, the young goalkeeper grabbed Rashford's superb 35-yard free-kick, but the force of the shot was such that he and the ball fell over the goal line. The goal detection system worked, recording the ball crossing the goal line, and the main referee of the match, Felix Zuuer, rightly noted the goal.

Ruben Dias had the only real chance to score for Benfica six minutes before the end of the match, but his shot flew over the corner and David De Gea's goal remained untouched.

The home team ended the game shorthanded as Luisao received a second yellow card and was sent off. The Brazilian centre-back will now miss the trip to Old Trafford. As a result, the Reds recorded a third successive Champions League victory, and after half of the matches played in Group A, the knockout rounds of the Champions League loomed within their reach.

Who played in the match between Benfica and Manchester United?

Benfica: Mile Svilar, Douglas Pereira, Luisao, Ruben Diaz, Alejandro Grimaldo, Lubomir Feisa, Filipe Augusto, Pizzi (Andrija Zivkovic 59), Eduardo Salvio, Diogo Goncalves (Jonas69), Raul Jimenez

Manchester United: David De Gea, Antonio Valencia, Victor Lindelof, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata (Jesse Lingard 83), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Scott McTominay 90), Marcus Rashford (Anthony Martial 76) , Romelu Lukaku.

Current situation in group "A"

After a 1-0 victory over Benfica, Mourinho's men continue to lead Group A, but right behind them is Basel, who chalked up a 2-0 victory over the Moscow army team. The next test for the Reds will be another meeting with bottom side Benfica, this time at Old Trafford. It is scheduled for October 31st. In another match, Basel will host CSKA at home.

On Tuesday, October 31, Manchester United will host Benfica in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. The meeting, which will take place at Old Trafford, will begin at 22:45 Moscow time.

Manchester United currently top Group A with the maximum points possible.

The Red Devils beat Basel (3:0), CSKA (4:1) and Benfica (1:0) in turn, losing only to the Moscow club.

In the English Premier League, Jose Mourinho's men are second, losing only to Manchester City.

The day before, the Mancunians won a very important victory over Tottenham (1:0) thanks to a goal from Anthony Martial.

Manchester United currently have Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Marcos Rojo and Marouane Fellaini injured.

The mistake of the young goalkeeper Svilar, who threw the ball over the goal line in the first match, cost the Eagles their chance to continue the fight in the playoffs of the tournament.

At the very least, the belief that Benfica will score at least 6 points out of 9 possible in the remaining matches is negligible to be taken seriously. And things are not going well in the Portuguese Championship - they are 5 points behind the leading Porto after 10 rounds.

The match with Basel (0:5) in the second round of the Champions League was the only one of the last 6 away games in which Benfica failed to score.

Manchester United: De Gea, - Jones, Blind, Bailly, Valencia, - Pogba, Herrera, Matic, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, -Lukaku.

Benfica: Varela, - Eliseu, Luisao, Lopez, Almeida, - Silva, Horta, Servi, Pizzi, - Jonas, Seferovic.

In the first round of the Champions League season 2017-18. Manchester United and Benfica played like this:

Benfica – Manchester United 0:1;

Victory in the upcoming game could guarantee Mourinho's men a place in the Champions League playoffs, the site reports. The goal of the Mancunians for the group is to win in the shortest possible time. If this happens, then in the last rounds of the Champions League the shopkeepers will be given the opportunity to prove themselves while the main squad concentrates on getting points in the Premier League.

Bookmaker quotes for the match:

P1 - 1.37 in BC Vulcan;

X - 5.80 in BC 1xBet;

P2 - 11.00 at BC Marathon.

Manchester United plays powerfully at home, although there are problems in the midfield line. Benfica does not look its best on the road and has problems in defense, including personnel issues.

Forecast – “Win ​​of Manchester United with a handicap of -1.5”, with odds of 2.08 according to bookmaker 1xBet.

The leader of group A goes to visit an outsider. The maximum number of points scored versus zero. A slight feeling of déjà vu, as if we were reading this before the match with Crystal Palace (and not only because both teams have an eagle on their emblem). But in the Champions League everything will be different.

Stadium: Estadio da Luz, Lisbon.

Champions League, 3rd round

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TEAMS FORM

"Manchester United"

English Premier League, 2nd place, 20 points

Will not play: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick, Eric Bailly, Marcus Rojo

English Premier League

Manchester United 4 – 0 West Ham

Swansea 0 – 4 Manchester United

Stoke City 2 –2 Manchester United

Review of United's latest match

Manchester United 4 – 0 Everton

Southampton 0 – 1 Manchester United

Manchester United 4 – 0 Crystal Palace

Liverpool 0 – 0 Manchester United

English League Cup

Manchester United 4 – 1 Burton Albion

Champions League

Manchester United 3 – 0 Basel

CSKA 1 – 4 Manchester United

The Mancunians are approaching this match as the sole leader of the group - the team has 6 points. In order to close questions about reaching the playoffs as early as possible (and not end up with the conditional Real Madrid), you need to win in Lisbon, and then in Manchester. At the same time, Mourinho’s team also has problems: Matic and Herrera will play in the center of the field, for whom there is no alternative. There is, of course, McTominay, but it’s too early for Scott to start in the Champions League match. I don’t exclude the possibility that he will come on as a substitute instead of the tired Matic.

Rojo also appeared in the lineup, but he definitely won’t play. Mourinho announced this at a press conference.

Benfica

Primeira. 3rd place, 17 points

Questionable: Lisandro Lopez, Julio Cesar, Eliseu.

Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica 3 – 1 Braga

Chaves 0 – 1 Benfica

Benfica 5 – 0 Belenenses

Rio Ave 1 – 1 Benfica

Benfica 2 – 1 Portimonense

Boavista 2 – 1 Benfica

Benfica 2 – 0 Pacos de Ferreira

Maritimo 1 – 1 Benfica

Champions League

Benfica 1 – 2 CSKA

Basel 5 – 0 Benfica

“Benfica’s results do not reflect the real strength of the team,” Jose said before the match, and he is absolutely right. Lisbon, like most Portuguese clubs, live by selling leaders. Sometimes it goes away painlessly, sometimes it turns out like Benfica. Ederson, Semedo and Lindelöf. Three of the five key men responsible for defense were sold this summer. Add Mitroglou here and we get the answer to Benfica’s problems. Although, no, they do score goals, but they’re not very good at keeping their goal locked. Let's hope that Lukaku and company will add 3-4 goals to their treasury in this match.

By the way. Let's not forget that United won the first European Cup for English teams in a match against Benfica back in 1968.

IN-PERSON MEETINGS

Manchester United 2 – 2 Benfica (2011)

Benfica 1 – 1 Manchester United (2011)

Manchester United 3 – 1 Benfica (2006)

Benfica 0 – 1 Manchester United (2006)

Benfica 2 – 1 Manchester United (2005)

Manchester United 2 – 1 Benfica (2005)

Manchester United 4 – 1 Benfica (1968)

Benfica 1 – 5 Manchester United (1966)

Manchester United 3 – 2 Benfica (1966)

BOOKMAKER QUOTES

REFEREE TEAM

Felix Zweyer has been appointed chief referee for this match. The 36-year-old German has already refereed games involving United - last year he worked in Rostov at a Europa League match. In that game he showed 6 yellow cards. This is quite close to his average - almost 5 mustard plasters per game. In addition, Felix shows a red card and a penalty every third game. Zweier will be assisted by Thorsten Schiffner and Marco Achmüller. Reserve referee: Rafael Foltin.

INDICATIVE COMPOSITIONS

Time Today at 21:45 Moscow time

Champions League Tournament

Estádio da Luz (Lisbon)

So far the teams are located at different poles of the table of their group. Manchester United confidently leads it, Benfica, having lost both matches, is in last place. Will anything change after the head-to-head match in Lisbon?

Benfica's start to the tournament can only be described as a failure. To begin with, the Portuguese “eagles”, with a large advantage and leading the score, managed to lose to CSKA (1:2), and then were simply declassed in Switzerland. Already in the debut, “Basel” scored two goals, by the middle of the second half they brought the score to a devastating one, and, having gained an advantage after being sent off, they made the score 5:0. The result for the Portuguese is disappointing - last place and very weak prospects for the playoffs.

Manchester United, on the contrary, is not experiencing any particular problems - to begin with, Jose Mourinho's team defeated Basel 3:0 at home, and then had a good trip to Moscow. The score 4:0 by the 57th minute shows a huge gap in class between Manchester United and CSKA, if not for Akinfeev, then everything would have been much sadder than 1:5 kinofak.net. After that, the Mancunians played two away matches in the championship - they destroyed Crystal Palace (4:0), and played 0:0 with Liverpool at the weekend.

This season, Manchester United have not lost in official matches, playing only two draws in 11 matches.

In addition to losses in the Champions League, Benfica lost points in 3 of 8 championship games, conceding six goals

The last time the teams played was in 2011 – two draws 1:1 and 2:2

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