European Cup · Group C - Matchday 05

Manchester United v Benfica

2–2

HT 1–1

Tuesday 22nd November 2011 · Old Trafford · Att: 74,853

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Benfica at Old Trafford on Tuesday 22nd November 2011 in the European Cup. Dimitar Berbatov (30') and Darren Fletcher (59') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Phil Jones OG 0–1
16' Ezequiel Garay
30' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Nani 1–1
33' Darren Fletcher
40' Artur
40' Artur Morães
Half Time 1–1
59' Darren Fletcher Assist: Patrice Evra 2–1
60' Pablo Aimar 2–2
76' Michael Carrick
80' Javier Hernandez for Valencia
82' Chris Smalling for Fabio
85' Maxi Pereira
85' Maximiliano Pereira
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

3 Patrice Evra

4 Phil Jones 4'

5 Rio Ferdinand

9 Dimitar Berbatov 30'

24 Darren Fletcher 59'

25 Antonio Valencia

Substitutes

Javier Hernandez

80' for Valencia

Chris Smalling

82' for Fabio

Benfica Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Artur Morães G

3 Émerson Conceição LB

4 Luisão CD-R

6 Javi García CM-R

8 Bruno César LM

10 Pablo Aimar RCF ⚽

14 Maxi Pereira RB

19 Rodrigo F

20 Nico Gaitan RM

24 Ezequiel Garay CD-L

28 Axel Witsel CM-L

Substitutes

5 Rúben Amorim on

7 Óscar Cardozo

9 Nolito

16 Nélson Oliveira

21 Nemanja Matic on

27 Miguel Vitor on

47 Eduardo

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Jesus Jorge

Benfica

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-1-1

Formation

Benfica

4-3-3

Man Utd Benfica

63%

Possession

37%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Benfica History

Meeting 9 of 11

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 2nd February 1966. After this match United had played Benfica 9 times: 6W 2D 1L.

26 Sep 2006 W 1–0 EC 6 Dec 2006 W 3–1 EC 14 Sep 2011 D 1–1 EC

22 Nov 2011 D 2–2 This match

18 Oct 2017 W 1–0 EC 31 Oct 2017 W 2–0 EC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	5	4	1	0	12	6	80.0
Away	5	3	1	1	9	4	60.0
Neutral	1	1	0	0	4	1	100.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →