Villarreal 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2025

Result

Villarreal 0-2 Manchester City

Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Villarreal 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Villarreal lost to Manchester City 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 October 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Villarreal did not score. Manchester City scored through Erling Haaland (17') and Bernardo Silva (40').

Discipline: Villarreal received 5 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 63rd on 1 point from 2 and Manchester City 30th on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Savinho of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of John Stones (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal
  • 17'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 40'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Santiago MouriñoVillarreal
  • 53'Yellow card · Marcelino GarciaVillarreal
  • 65'Yellow card · Rúben DiasManchester City
  • 75'Yellow card · Pape GueyeVillarreal
  • 85'Yellow card · Alberto MoleiroVillarreal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 0, Manchester City 2.

Team news

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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Santi Comesaña, Thomas Partey, Pape Gueye, Tajon Buchanan, Nicolas Pépé, Georges Mikautadze

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico González, Savinho, Rico Lewis, Bernardo Silva, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland