Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens: result and report

Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens

Champions League · Tuesday 20 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 2-0

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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.