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5 - 1
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Man City vs AEK Athens: match report

Manchester City hosted AEK Athens at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 20 October 2026, in the Champions League (round 3). Willy Delajod is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.7.

Result and scorers

Man City 5-1 AEK Athens. Goals: Elliot Anderson 12' for Man City; Phil Foden 34' for Man City; Stavros Pilios 52' for AEK Athens; Rayan Cherki 57' for Man City; Phil Foden 65' for Man City; Phil Foden 76' for Man City. Attendance: 40,042.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 12' Goal: Elliot Anderson (Man City) 1-0
  • 34' Goal: Phil Foden (Man City) 2-0
  • 52' Goal: Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) 2-1
  • 57' Goal: Rayan Cherki (Man City) 3-1
  • 59' Yellow card: Josko Gvardiol (Man City)
  • 65' Goal: Phil Foden (Man City) 4-1
  • 76' Goal: Phil Foden (Man City) 5-1
Match stats (contains the result)
63.6%Possession36.4%
17Shots11
7Shots on target3
8Corners3
6Fouls10
0Offsides1
2Saves2
1Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Man City 4-2-3-1

Coach: Enzo Maresca

  1. 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  2. 82 Rico Lewis DEF
  3. 45 Abdukodir Khusanov DEF
  4. 3 Rúben Dias DEF
  5. 24 Joško Gvardiol DEF
  6. 5 Elliot Anderson MID
  7. 17 Enzo Fernández MID
  8. 47 Phil Foden MID
  9. 10 Rayan Cherki MID
  10. 37 Allan FWD
  11. 75 Floyd Samba MID

Bench

  • 56 Ryan McAidoo FWD
  • 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF
  • 22 Vitor Reis DEF
  • 61 Kaden Braithwaite DEF
  • 28 Gerónimo Rulli GK
  • 13 Marcus Bettinelli GK
  • 6 Marc Guéhi DEF
  • 32 Ayyoub Bouaddi MID
  • 9 Erling Haaland FWD
  • 7 Iliman Ndiaye FWD
  • 11 Jérémy Doku FWD

AEK Athens 4-1-3-2

Coach: Marko Nikolić

  1. 91 Alberto Brignoli GK
  2. 12 Lazaros Rota DEF
  3. 2 Harold Moukoudi DEF
  4. 44 Filipe Relvas DEF
  5. 3 Stavros Pilios DEF
  6. 16 Kervin Arriaga MID
  7. 14 Lovro Majer MID
  8. 18 Răzvan Marin MID
  9. 23 Joao Mário FWD
  10. 19 Barnabás Varga FWD
  11. 9 Luka Jović FWD

Bench

  • 11 Aboubakary Koïta MID
  • 90 Zine FWD
  • 10 Oleksandr Zubkov FWD
  • 8 Mijat Gaćinović MID
  • 27 Milán Vitális MID
  • 41 Marios Balamotis GK
  • 22 Charalambos Lykogiannis DEF
  • 21 Domagoj Vida DEF
  • 6 Kaan Kairinen MID
  • 20 Petros Mantalos MID