Manchester City vs AEK Athens · Champions League
Manchester City
2-0-1
5 – 1
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AEK Athens
1-0-2
Etihad Stadium · Manchester · England
A wide margin: Manchester City 5, AEK Athens 1 at Etihad Stadium (crowd 40,042). Elliot Anderson got the deciding goal at the 12-minute mark and Phil Foden added to the lead after 34 minutes; AEK Athens answered through Stavros Pilios at the 52-minute mark and Rayan Cherki widened the gap after 57 minutes. Phil Foden widened the gap at the 65-minute mark and it went to 5-1 when Phil Foden scored after 76 minutes. Man City move to 6 points in 10th; AEK Athens have 3 in 29th. Man City had more of the shots, 17 to 11, and 64% of the ball. From 17 shots, Man City found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Champions League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
- Ground
- Etihad Stadium · Manchester · England
- Crowd
- 40,042
- Man City form
- WWLWD
- AEK Athens form
- DWWLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man City | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| AEK Athens | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
6Fouls10
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides1
8Corner Kicks3
2Saves2
63.6%Possession36.4%
17Shots11
7On Goal3
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
635Accurate Passes346
680Passes387
90%Pass Completion %90%
3Accurate Crosses0
13Crosses5
20%Cross %0%
27Long Balls43
17Accurate Long Balls26
60%Long Balls %60%
6Blocked Shots3
9Effective Tackles14
11Tackles22
80%Tackle %60%
10Interceptions9
10Effective Clearances20
10Clearances20
Timeline
Full time · 5-1
83'
🔁Milán Vitálisreplacing Luka Jovic
83'
🔁Mijat Gacinovicreplacing Kervin Arriaga
🔁Kaden Braithwaitereplacing Rúben Dias
83'
⚽Phil FodenAssist: Ryan McAidoo
76'5 - 1
🔁Rayan Aït-Nourireplacing Enzo Fernández
72'
🔁Vitor Reisreplacing Josko Gvardiol
72'
⚽Phil FodenAssist: Rico Lewis
65'4 - 1
63'
🔁Oleksandr Zubkovreplacing João Mário
🔁Ryan McAidooreplacing Floyd Samba
62'
🟨Josko Gvardiol
59'
⚽Rayan CherkiAssist: Phil Foden
57'3 - 1
52'2 - 1
⚽Stavros PiliosAssist: Zini
45'
🔁Zinireplacing Barnabás Varga
45'
🔁Aboubakary Koitareplacing Razvan Marin
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Phil FodenAssist: Rico Lewis
34'2 - 0
⚽Elliot Anderson
12'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Manchester City4-2-3-1
75↓Samba
37Elias
10⚽Cherki
47⚽⚽⚽Foden
17↓Fernández
5⚽Anderson
24🟨↓Gvardiol
3↓Dias
82Lewis
45Khusanov
1Donnarumma
Bench
- 32Ayyoub Bouaddi
- 22Vitor Reison for Josko Gvardiol, 72'
- 11Jérémy Doku
- 28Gerónimo Rulli
- 21Rayan Aït-Nourion for Enzo Fernández, 72'
- 56Ryan McAidooon for Floyd Samba, 62'
- 61Kaden Braithwaiteon for Rúben Dias, 83'
- 7Iliman Ndiaye
- 13Marcus Bettinelli
- 6Marc Guéhi
- 9Erling Haaland
AEK Athens4-4-2
19↓Varga
9↓Jovic
18↓Marin
23↓Mário
16↓Arriaga
14Majer
3⚽Pilios
44Relvas
12Rota
2Moukoudi
91Brignoli
Bench
- 22Charalampos Lykogiannis
- 10Oleksandr Zubkovon for João Mário, 63'
- 21Domagoj Vida
- 41Marios Balamotis
- 11Aboubakary Koitaon for Razvan Marin, 45'
- 8Mijat Gacinovicon for Kervin Arriaga, 83'
- 90Zinion for Barnabás Varga, 45'
- 6Kaan Kairinen
- 20Petros Mantalos
- 27Milán Vitálison for Luka Jovic, 83'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 |  Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 |  Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 |  Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 |  Real Betis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 |  Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 |  Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 |  Como | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Club Brugge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 13 |  Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 14 |  Bayern Munich | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| 15 |  AS Roma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 |  PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 |  Villarreal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Internazionale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 21 |  Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 |  Napoli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 |  Galatasaray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 |  LASK Linz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Sabah FK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 27 |  Lens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 28 |  Bodo/Glimt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 29 |  AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 30 |  RB Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 31 |  Fenerbahce | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 2 |
| 32 |  Slavia Prague | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viking FK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 34 |  FC Porto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 35 |  Lille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 0 |
Meetings
Form
Last games: Man City
W5-0W5-3W3-0L4-2W3-2
Last games: AEK Athens
W1-0D1-1W2-1W3-0L3-1
