Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Friday 7 August 2020
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid
Champions League · Friday 7 August 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Manchester City beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the Champions League on Friday 7 August 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (9') and Gabriel Jesus (68'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (28').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 17 points from 7 and Real Madrid 19th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City (8.8), ahead of Éder Militão (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 28'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 68'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 81'Yellow card · Luka Modric
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Fernandinho, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Éder Militão, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard