Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 20 October 2026
Result
Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens
Champions League · Tuesday 20 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens: match report
Manchester City defeated AEK Athens 5-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at Etihad Stadium. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Elliot Anderson (12'), Phil Foden (34'), Rayan Cherki (57'), Phil Foden (65') and Phil Foden (76'). AEK Athens scored through Stavros Pilios (52').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; AEK Athens received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 46th on 3 points from 2 and AEK Athens 12th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Manchester City are 12th on 6 points and AEK Athens are 27th on 3 points.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AEK Athens in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (9.9), ahead of Rico Lewis (8.3).
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-L-W-W-W and AEK Athens's L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Elliot Anderson
- 34'Goal · Phil Foden
- 52'Goal · Stavros Pilios
- 57'Goal · Rayan Cherki
- 59'Yellow card · Josko Gvardiol
- 65'Goal · Phil Foden
- 76'Goal · Phil Foden
Form and table
- Manchester CityLast five: W W W L W
- AEK AthensLast five: D W W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | WLW |
| 27 | AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 | WLL |
Team news
Unavailable
- Martin Georgiev
- Christos Alexiou
- Dereck Kutesa
- Hakim Sahabo
- Frantzdy Pierrot
- Thomas Strakosha
- Antoine Semenyo
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki, Allan, Floyd Samba
AEK Athens line-up (4-4-2)
Alberto Brignoli, Lazaros Rota, Harold Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Lovro Majer, Kervin Arriaga, Răzvan Marin, João Mário, Luka Jović, Barnabás Varga
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