Manchester City 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2025
Result
Manchester City 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Manchester City · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Champions League predictions
Manchester City 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Manchester City lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 25 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Manchester City did not score. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Alejandro Grimaldo (23') and Patrik Schick (54').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 13th on 10 points from 4 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 42nd on 5 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Flekken of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9.0), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (7.5).
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-D-W and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 54'Goal · Patrik Schick
- 60'Yellow card · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 77'Yellow card · Christian Kofane
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
James Trafford, Abdukodir Khusanov, John Stones, Nathan Aké, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rico Lewis, Nico González, Tijjani Reijnders, Oscar Bobb, Omar Marmoush, Savinho
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (5-3-2)
Mark Flekken, Ernest Poku, Jarell Quansah, Loïc Badé, Jeanuël Belocian, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ibrahim Maza, Aleix García, Malik Tillman, Patrik Schick, Christian Kofane