UEFA Champions League 26/27 · 20 Oct 2026

Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Manchester City favourites at 72%.

Manchester City won and made the better chances: 2.9 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Phil Foden, 85.5 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Stavros Pilios +31.6, Phil Foden +23.0, Aboubakary Koita +17.6.

Well below it: Barnabás Varga −14.0, Răzvan Marin −11.2, Lazaros Rota −8.9.

Each side's last five results before this match.

17 Oct 2026	W 3–2	v Ipswich Town Premier League
14 Oct 2026	L 2–4	v Paris Saint-Germain Champions League
11 Oct 2026	W 3–0	at Liverpool FC Premier League
20 Sep 2026	W 5–3	v Sunderland Premier League
17 Sep 2026	W 5–0	v Norwich City EFL Cup

14 Oct 2026	L 1–3	at Shakhtar Donetsk Champions League
8 Sep 2026	W 1–0	v LASK Champions League
26 Aug 2026	W 4–0	v Levski Sofia Champions League
18 Aug 2026	D 0–0	at Levski Sofia Champions League
16 Apr 2026	W 3–1	v Rayo Vallecano Conference League

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Ryan McAidoo Midfielder	28	0	1	–	86.7	–
Phil Foden Midfielder	90	3	1	1.24	85.5	+23.0
Rayan Cherki Midfielder	90	1	0	0.41	78.1	+9.3
Vitor Reis Defender	18	0	0	–	73.0	–
Elliot Anderson Midfielder	90	1	0	1.05	63.1	−2.0
Rúben Dias Defender	83	0	0	0.01	57.1	+1.1
Abdukodir Khusanov Defender	90	0	0	–	56.9	−2.1
Enzo Fernández Midfielder	72	0	0	0.18	56.7	−4.3
Joško Gvardiol Defender	72	0	0	–	56.5	+0.1
Rico Lewis Defender	90	0	2	–	55.6	+10.5
Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	53.2	+2.7
Rayan Aït-Nouri Defender	18	0	0	–	50.5	–
Allan Midfielder	90	0	0	0.06	46.0	−0.5
Kaden Braithwaite Defender	10	0	0	–	43.2	–
Floyd Samba Forward	62	0	0	–	37.3	–

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Stavros Pilios Defender	90	1	0	0.30	74.9	+31.6
Filipe Relvas Defender	90	0	0	–	65.1	+11.8
Aboubakary Koita Midfielder	45	0	0	0.04	63.5	+17.6
Harold Moukoudi Defender	90	0	0	–	62.6	+11.8
Mijat Gaćinović Midfielder	10	0	0	0.06	57.6	–
Kervin Arriaga Midfielder	83	0	0	0.01	56.2	+9.5
Zini Forward	45	0	1	0.11	53.1	−3.1
Lovro Majer Midfielder	90	0	0	0.03	52.3	+1.3
Oleksandr Zubkov Midfielder	27	0	0	0.11	52.1	–
João Mário Midfielder	63	0	0	–	48.6	+5.7
Răzvan Marin Midfielder	45	0	0	0.02	45.9	−11.2
Alberto Brignoli Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	45.2	–
Luka Jović Forward	83	0	0	–	44.3	−1.7
Lazaros Rota Defender	90	0	0	–	41.7	−8.9
Milán Vitális Midfielder	10	0	0	0.04	39.9	–
Barnabás Varga Forward	45	0	0	–	39.3	−14.0