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10 awesome stats from CSKA 1-4 Man Utd

2 – Romelu Lukaku became only the second Manchester United player to score in his first two Champions League games for the club (after Dimitar Berbatov).

3 – We have not kept a clean sheet in any of the three games in which Marouane Fellaini has not featured in this season.  The Belgian even came on at 0-2 in our 1-2 loss to Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup.

4 – Manchester United became the first team to score four goals at CSKA Moscow in a European match in their entire history.

6 – Manchester United are now unbeaten in all six away games versus Russian opposition (W2, D4).

10 – Our 10 efforts on target this evening has only been bettered by the 11 accurate efforts in the 4-1 thrashing of Burton Albion in the EFL Cup.

10 – Romelu Lukaku has scored 10 goals in his first nine appearances as a Manchester United player.

17 – Nemanja Matic has now lost only one of his last 17 Champions League matches (W11, D5).

73 – Manchester United’s front three of Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were the same combined age as two of CSKA’s back three (Sergei Ignashevich and Vitali Berezutski).

80% – English teams have won eight of their opening 10 matches in this season’s Champions League.  Chelsea, Manchester City, United and Tottenham Hotspur all have a 100% win record whilst Liverpool have drawn both of their opening games.

86% – Jose Mourinho has now won six of his seven matches versus CSKA Moscow in the Champions League. He has beaten them with Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid previously, drawing the away game as manager of the La Liga giants.