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UEFA Champions League · Matchday 3

Man City – AEK Athens 5:1

Man City

Full-time

51

AEK Athens

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester · · Baku time · 20:00 local time

  • Anderson 12'
  • Foden 34'
  • Pilios 52'
  • Cherki 57'
  • Foden 65'
  • Foden 76'

Recent form

UEFA Champions League

Man City

  1. 5–1 AEK won, home, AEK Athens, 20 October 2026
  2. 2–4 PSJ lost, home, Paris, 14 October 2026
  3. 2–0 @Porto won, away, Porto, 8 September 2026
  4. 1–2 Real Madrid lost, home, Real Madrid, 18 March 2026
  5. 0–3 @Real Madrid lost, away, Real Madrid, 12 March 2026

AEK Athens

  1. 1–5 @Man Siti lost, away, Man City, 20 October 2026
  2. 1–3 @Şaxtyor lost, away, Shakhtar, 14 October 2026
  3. 1–0 LASK won, home, LASK, 8 September 2026
  4. 1–2 Antwerp lost, home, Antwerp, 30 August 2023
  5. 0–1 @Antwerp lost, away, Antwerp, 22 August 2023

Match timeline

  1. 90+3' Full time
  2. 83' AEK Athens Substitution Jović Vitális
  3. 83' AEK Athens Substitution Arriaga Gaćinović
  4. 82' Man City Substitution Rúben Dias Braithwaite
  5. 81' VAR · foul
  6. 76' Man City GOAL 5–1 Foden assist: McAidoo
  7. 72' Man City Substitution Fernández Aït-Nouri
  8. 72' Man City Substitution Gvardiol Vitor Reis
  9. 65' Man City GOAL 4–1 Foden assist: Lewis
  10. 63' AEK Athens Substitution João Mário Zubkov
  11. 62' Man City Substitution Samba McAidoo
  12. 59' Man City Yellow card Gvardiol
  13. 57' Man City GOAL 3–1 Cherki assist: Foden
  14. 52' AEK Athens GOAL 2–1 Pilios assist: Zini
  15. 46' AEK Athens Substitution Varga Zini
  16. 46' AEK Athens Substitution Marin Koita
  17. 46' Second half under way
  18. 45+2' Half time
  19. 34' Man City GOAL 2–0 Foden assist: Lewis
  20. 12' Man City GOAL 1–0 Anderson assist: Fernández
  21. 1' Kick-off

Lineups

Man City 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

  • 1 Donnarumma

Defenders

  • 3 Rúben Dias C
  • 24 Gvardiol
  • 45 Khusanov
  • 82 Lewis

Midfielders

  • 5 Anderson
  • 10 Cherki
  • 17 Fernández
  • 47 Foden
  • 75 Samba

Forwards

  • 37 Allan Elias

Substitutes

  • 13 Bettinelli
  • 28 Rulli
  • 6 Guéhi
  • 7 Ndiaye
  • 9 Haaland
  • 11 Doku
  • 21 Aït-Nouri
  • 22 Vitor Reis
  • 32 Bouaddi
  • 56 McAidoo
  • 61 Braithwaite

Coach: Enzo Maresca

AEK Athens 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

  • 91 Brignoli

Defenders

  • 2 Moukoudi C
  • 3 Pilios
  • 12 Rota
  • 44 Filipe Relvas

Midfielders

  • 14 Majer
  • 16 Arriaga
  • 18 Marin
  • 23 João Mário

Forwards

  • 9 Jović
  • 19 Varga

Substitutes

  • 41 Balamotis
  • 6 Kairinen
  • 8 Gaćinović
  • 10 Zubkov
  • 11 Koita
  • 20 Mantalos
  • 21 Vida
  • 22 Lykogiannis
  • 27 Vitális
  • 90 Zini

Coach: Marko Nikolić

Where to watch

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