Manchester United is the Champions League finalists last season, while Benfica is only capable of driving up to the Europa League semi-final and were defeated by the representatives of other Portugal, Braga.
Manchester United's Champions League will undergo the 16th consecutive time they have to come to Portugal and SL Benfica face. its here...
Benfica will face this match to win the seventh in a row in the party's home in the Champions League.
In the final game of the League of Portugal, Benfica won the victory over Vitoria Guimaraes with a score of 2-1 in a match which was bombarded with a yellow card.
In that game, Oscar Cardozo scored a pair of goals through penalty to ensure three points for the hosts Benfica.
With the win, Benfica is now ranked the second Portuguese league standings with a notch 10 points in 4 games that have been traversed.
Meanwhile, Manchester United won 5-0 win over Bolton and a pair Rooney hat trick of goals from Hernandez.
Rooney hat trick in the game, making him the fourth player in history to the English Premier League is capable of scoring a hat trick in two matches in a row after Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright and Didier Drogba.
Tom cleverly certainly will miss the game after suffering a broken leg injury and played only eight minutes in the match against Bolton.
Victory over Bolton makes Manchester United remain standing firmly on top of English Premier League standings with a notch 12 points from four matches.
Head 2 Head:
December 7, 06: Manchester United 3-1 Benfica (Champions League)
27 September 06: Benfica 0-1 Manchester United (Champions League)
Last 5 Benfica matches:
10 September 11: Benfica 2-1 Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal Liga)
August 29, 11: CD Nacional 0-2 Benfica (Liga Portugal)
August 24, 11: Benfica 3-1 FC Twente (Champions League)
August 20, 11: Benfica 3-1 CD Feirense (Portuguese League)
August 16, 11: Benfica 2-2 FC Twente (Champions League)
Manchester United's last 5 games:
10 September 11: Bolton Wanderers 0-5 Manchester United (EPL)
28 August 11: Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal (EPL)
22 August 11: Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham (EPL)
14 August 11: Manchester United 1-2 West Bromwich (EPL)
August 7, 11: Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United (FA Community Shield)
Predicted Starting LineUp:
Benfica: Artur, Conceicao, Luisao, Garay, Pereira, Garcia, Cesar Gaitan, Witsel, Cardozo, Saviola.
Manchester United: De Gea, Evra, Smalling, Ferdinand, Jones, Young, Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney.
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