Manchester City 2-0 Napoli: result and report
Champions League · Thursday 18 September 2025
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Napoli
Champions League · Thursday 18 September 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-0 Napoli: match report
Manchester City beat Napoli 2-0 in the Champions League on Thursday 18 September 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Erling Haaland (56') and Jérémy Doku (65'). Napoli did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
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 Napoli in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Jérémy Doku (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.
Key events
- 21'Red card · Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 52'Yellow card · Matteo Politano
- 56'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 65'Goal · Jérémy Doku
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland
Napoli line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vanja Milinković-Savić, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Sam Beukema, Alessandro Buongiorno, Leonardo Spinazzola, Stanislav Lobotka, Matteo Politano, Frank Anguissa, Kevin De Bruyne, Scott McTominay, Rasmus Højlund