Match events
Minute by minute- 6' Yellow card: Rúben Dias Benfica
- 24' Yellow card: Eric Bailly Manchester United
- 24' Yellow card: Jesse Lingard Manchester United
- 45'1–0 Own goal: Mile Svilar own goal Manchester United
- 45' Substitution: Henrikh MkhitaryanOff: Jesse Lingard Manchester United
- Half-time 1–0
- 64' Substitution: EliseuOff: Alejandro Grimaldo Benfica
- 68' Substitution: Ander HerreraOff: Juan Mata Manchester United
- 69' Yellow card: Eduardo Salvio Benfica
- 74' Substitution: Haris SeferovicOff: Raúl Jiménez Benfica
- 75' Substitution: Marcus RashfordOff: Anthony Martial Manchester United
- 77' Yellow card: Andreas Samaris Benfica
- 78'2–0 Penalty goal: Daley Blind pen Manchester United
- 79' Substitution: JonasOff: Pizzi Benfica
Line-ups
Confirmed
Manchester United4-2-3-14-3-3Benfica
- 1 de Gea
- 17 Blind
- 12 Smalling
- 3 Bailly
- 36 Darmian
- 31 Matic
- 39 McTominay
- 1175' Martial
- 1445' Lingard
- 868' Mata
- 9 Lukaku
- 1 Svilar
- 364' Grimaldo
- 33 Jardel
- 66 Dias
- 8 Douglas
- 2179' Pizzi
- 5 Fejsa
- 7 Samaris
- 84 Gonçalves
- 974' Jiménez
- 18 Salvio
Manchester United bench
- 22Henrikh Mkhitaryan45'
- 19Marcus Rashford75'
- 21Ander Herrera68'
Benfica bench
- 10Jonas79'
- 14Haris Seferovic74'
- 19Eliseu64'