Manchester City 4-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2025

Result

Manchester City 4-1 Borussia Dortmund

Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 4-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Manchester City defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 November 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Phil Foden opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Phil Foden (22'), Erling Haaland (29'), Phil Foden (57') and Rayan Cherki (90+1'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Waldemar Anton (72').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 21st on 7 points from 3 and Borussia Dortmund 18th on 7 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (9.2), ahead of Erling Haaland (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Daniel SvenssonBorussia Dortmund
  • 22'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 3-0
  • 72'Goal · Waldemar AntonBorussia Dortmund · 3-1
  • 78'Yellow card · SavinhoManchester City
  • 85'Yellow card · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
  • 90+1'Goal · Rayan CherkiManchester City · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 2, Borussia Dortmund 1.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Nico González, Savinho, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Borussia Dortmund line-up (3-4-2-1)

Gregor Kobel, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ramy Bensebaini, Julian Ryerson, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson, Karim Adeyemi, Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy