European Cup · Group A - Matchday 02
CSKA Moscow v Manchester United
1–4
HT 0–3
Manchester United beat CSKA Moscow 4–1 at VEB Arena on Wednesday 27th September 2017 in the European Cup. Romelu Lukaku (4', 26'), Anthony Martial (18') and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (57') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 4' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Anthony Martial 0–1
- 18' Anthony Martial pen 0–2
- 26' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Anthony Martial 0–3
- 42' Aleksandr Golovin
- Half Time 0–3
- 54' Pontus Wernbloom
- 57' Henrikh Mkhitaryan Assist: Anthony Martial 0–4
- 59' Vitinho
- 67' Matteo Darmian for Young
- 72' Marcus Rashford for Martial
- 90' Konstantin Kuchaev Assist: Aleksandr Golovin 1–4
- Minute not recorded
- — Jesse Lingard
- Full Time 1–4
Match Facts
- United's biggest win over CSKA Moscow at the time, in their 5th meeting.
- A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan made his 50th appearance for United in all competitions.
- Romelu Lukaku's brace took him to 10 in 2017-2018 and 10 for United.
- Anthony Martial's 5th goal of 2017-2018, and his 30th for United.
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan's 2nd goal of 2017-2018, and his 13th for United.
Starting XI
Player
9 Romelu Lukaku 4', 26'
CSKA Moscow Lineup
5-3-2
Starting XI
2 Mário Fernandes RM
3 Pontus Wernbloom SW
4 Sergey Ignashevich CD-L
5 Viktor Vasin CD-R
10 Alan Dzagoev CM-R
11 Vitinho CF-L
17 Aleksandr Golovin CM-L
24 Vasili Berezutski CD
35 Igor Akinfeev G
42 Georgi Schennikov LM
63 Fedor Chalov CF-R
Substitutes
1 Ilya Pomazun
6 Aleksei Berezutski
8 Georgi Milanov on
14 Kirill Nababkin
66 Bibras Natcho
75 Timur Zhamaletdinov on
89 Konstantin Kuchaev on ⚽
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Jose Mourinho
Manchester United
OPP
Viktor Goncharenko
CSKA Moscow
Match Information
Man Utd
3-4-3
Formation
CSKA Moscow
5-3-2
United vs CSKA Moscow History
Meeting 5 of 6
6
Played
4
Won
2
Drawn
0
Lost
12
Goals For
6
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 21st October 2009. After this match United had played CSKA Moscow 5 times: 3W 2D 0L.
3 Nov 2009 D 3–3 EC 21 Oct 2015 D 1–1 EC 3 Nov 2015 W 1–0 EC
27 Sep 2017 W 4–1 This match
5 Dec 2017 W 2–1 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Away | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 66.7 |
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 →