Who has the better head-to-head record, Manchester United or Benfica?

Manchester United and Benfica have met 8 times on our records since 2005: Manchester United won 5, Benfica won 1, and 2 matches ended level. The most recent was on 31 Oct 2017: Manchester United 2–0 Benfica in the Champions League.

Manchester United have scored 13 in this fixture to Benfica's 7 — 2.5 goals a match, and both sides scored in 5 of the 8. The biggest win was Manchester United's 2–0 in 2017.

Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) has scored 3 goals in this fixture, more than anyone else. Louis Saha has 2.

Across those 8 meetings the referees showed 36 yellow cards and 1 red — 4.5 yellows a match.

In their last 5 across all competitions, Manchester United took 5 points and Benfica 15.

Scorers in this fixture

Ryan GiggsManchester United3

Louis SahaManchester United2

BetoBenfica1

Daley BlindManchester United1

Darren FletcherManchester United1

Diego GómezBenfica1

Dimitar BerbatovManchester United1

Marcus RashfordManchester United1

Manchester UnitedWLLDD

BenficaWWWWW

Next meeting

No fixture between these two on the calendar.

The pair

Manchester United5

Benfica1

Draws2

Balance

13Goals in this fixture7

2–0 '17Biggest win2–1 '05

2 winsStreak—

5 of 15Form points, last 515 of 15

Recent meetings

MUN v SLBTue 31 Oct 2017 · CL
Daley Blind 78' (pen), Mile Svilar 45' (og)2-0 SLB v MUNWed 18 Oct 2017 · CL
Marcus Rashford 64'0-1 MUN v SLBTue 22 Nov 2011 · CL
Phil Jones 3' (og), Dimitar Berbatov 30', Darren Fletcher 59', Pablo Aimar Giordano 61'2-2 SLB v MUNWed 14 Sep 2011 · CL
Óscar Cardozo 24', Ryan Giggs 42'1-1 MUN v SLBWed 6 Dec 2006 · CL
Nemanja Vidic 45', Ryan Giggs 61', Louis Saha 75', Nelson 27'3-1 SLB v MUNTue 26 Sep 2006 · CL
Louis Saha 60'0-1 SLB v MUNWed 7 Dec 2005 · CL
Diego Gómez 16', Beto 34', Paul Scholes 6'2-1 MUN v SLBTue 27 Sep 2005 · CL
Ryan Giggs 39', Ruud van Nistelrooy 85', Simão 59'2-1