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Man United 4-0 FC Porto - March 05, 1997 / Champions League 1996/1997

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Champions League 1996/1997 - Quarter-finals

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 05, 1997

53 415

Man United

England

4 - 0

FC Porto

Portugal

David May

22'

Éric Cantona

34'

Ryan Giggs

61'

Andy Cole

80'

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22' - Goal David May22

25' - Substitution Costais substituted by Mário Jardel

34' - Goal Éric Cantona34

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46' - Substitution Arturis substituted by Rui Barros

61' - Goal Ryan Giggs61

80' - Goal Andy Cole80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 0

FC Porto

Man United FC Porto

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Cole80

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Cantona34

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

Giggs61

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age21 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

May22

David May

England

B.date24/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronny Johnsen		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David May	22	26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	384	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	61	23	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		21	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Éric Cantona	34	30	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole	80	25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

170

FC Porto

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Artur46

Artur

Brazil

B.date27/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m74

positionForward

Drulovic

Ljubinko Drulovic

Serbia

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m67

positionLeft Winger

Zahovic

Zlatko Zahovic

Slovenia

B.date01/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Edmilson

Brazil

B.date17/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

Costa25

Costa

Portugal

B.date18/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barroso

José Barroso

Portugal

B.date26/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Santos

Paulinho Santos

Portugal

B.date21/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Aloísio

Brazil

B.date16/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Jorge Costa

Portugal

B.date14/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Conceiçao

Sergio Conceiçao

Portugal

B.date15/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Hilario

Portugal

B.date21/10/1975

Age21 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hilario		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jorge Costa		25	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aloísio		33	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Costa	25	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Barroso		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edmilson		25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulinho Santos		26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergio Conceiçao		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zlatko Zahovic		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Artur	46	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ljubinko Drulovic		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Rui Barros	46	31	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mário Jardel	25	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Jordi Cruyff

OUT

Ronny Johnsen

Karel Poborsky

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Artur

Mário Jardel

OUT

Costa

Fernando Mendes

OUT

Edmilson

Lula

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

559

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs FC Porto

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 05, 1997

Ferguson vs Oliveira

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

António Oliveira

Success rate in this team:

82 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Oliveira vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1997

Oliveira vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 1997

Referee

Anders Frisk

3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Man United5 matches	General total	FC Porto3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	FC Porto1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 22, 2003					Latest figure on April 07, 2004

Videos

August 19, 2019

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for FC Porto after 23 matches with at least one goal scored (since 12/10/1996). It was the best streak for the club since 06/09/1987-31/01/1988 (24 matches).

It's the first time David May scores 1 goal in Champions League

Sir Alex Ferguson has registered 150 sharing points since the 06/11/1986 as the manager of Manchester United next after this match..

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Aston Villa01/01/1997

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham05/01/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Wimbledon FC25/01/1997

VManchester United 2-1 Wimbledon FC29/01/1997

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton01/02/1997

VManchester United 3-1 Coventry01/03/1997

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 Wimbledon FC29/01/1997

VManchester United 2-1 Southampton01/02/1997

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Manchester United04/02/1997

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United19/02/1997

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester United22/02/1997

VManchester United 3-1 Coventry01/03/1997

Current form

Away

VOs Belenenses 0-2 FC Porto21/12/1996

VBenfica 1-2 FC Porto11/01/1997

VGil Vicente 0-3 FC Porto27/01/1997

VVitória Setúbal 1-3 FC Porto31/01/1997

VChaves 2-4 FC Porto15/02/1997

DEstrela da Amadora 2-2 FC Porto28/02/1997

Overall

VVitória Setúbal 1-3 FC Porto31/01/1997

VFC Porto 2-0 Leiria08/02/1997

VFC Porto 4-0 Varzim11/02/1997

VChaves 2-4 FC Porto15/02/1997

LFC Porto 1-2 Salgueiros 1911-200523/02/1997

DEstrela da Amadora 2-2 FC Porto28/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	9	3
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	18	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	18	23
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Beckham	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Mário Jardel
David Beckham	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Mário Jardel
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Zlatko Zahovic
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Zlatko Zahovic
Éric Cantona	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Mário Jardel

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	November 02, 1977
Home	5 - 2	November 02, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 19, 1977
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 02, 1977 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1977/1978

Man United

5 - 2

FC Porto

October 19, 1977 - (C2) Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupes 1977/1978

FC Porto

4 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against FC Porto

	Steve Coppell	2 goals	1977 - 1977
	Jimmy Nicholl	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Duda	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Seninho	2 goals	1977 - 1977
António Oliveira	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Porto

Jimmy Nicholl	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Martin Buchan	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Sammy McIlroy	2 matches	1977 - 1977
David McCreery	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Steve Coppell	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Alex Stepney	2 matches	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Fernando Freitas	2 matches	1977 - 1977
António Oliveira	2 matches	1977 - 1977
João Fonseca	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Gabriel Mendes	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Adelino Teixeira	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Octavio Machado	2 matches	1977 - 1977