Porto — Manchester City 0:2, 8 September: match result

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 1 Tuesday 8 September · 19:00 UTC

Porto 34th · 0 pts WLLL

0 : 2 1st half 0:0

Manchester City 5th · 3 pts WWLW

venue to be confirmed · referee S. Marciniak

Match predictionValue

Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals

86% · Manchester City sit 29 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Neither dry nor wild: one to four goals”, and the match finished 0:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Porto 28% draw 26% Manchester City 46%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 0:2. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it right.

fans 67 votes

Porto 30% draw 13% Manchester City 57%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Gvardiol 37'

E. Haaland assist: E. Fernandez 0-1 47'

A. Khusanov for J. Gvardiol 48'

G. Donnarumma 49'

I. Ndiaye for A. Semenyo 62'

E. Anderson for R. Cherki 62'

Hwang In-Beom for A. Varela 68'

B. Sainz for William Gomes 68'

F. Moura for M. Fernandes 73'

S. Gimenez for Andre Silva 73'

M. Kovacic for A. Bouaddi 75'

R. Ait-Nouri for P. Foden 75'

S. Fofana for G. Veiga 83'

F. Farioli 86'

E. Haaland assist: R. Ait-Nouri 0-2 90+1'

P. Rosario 90+3'

E. Haaland 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Porto 4-3-3 · Francesco Farioli 4-2-3-1 · Enzo Maresca Manchester City

Diogo Costa  
Alberto Costa  18 Nehuén Pérez  4 Jakub Kiwior  52 Martim Fernandes  
Pablo Rosario  22 Alan Varela  10 Gabri Veiga  
William Gomes  19 André Silva  11 Pepê  

Erling Haaland  
Phil Foden  10 Rayan Cherki  42 Antoine Semenyo  
Ayyoub Bouaddi  17 Enzo Fernández  
Matheus Nunes  6 Marc Guéhi  3 Rúben Dias  24 Joško Gvardiol  
Gianluigi Donnarumma  

Porto bench

17Borja Sainz
14Cláudio Ramos
57Duarte Cunha
74Francisco Moura
16Hwang In-beom
24João Costa
92João Teixeira
64Luis Gomes
29Santiago Giménez
42Seko Fofana
33Souza
58Tiago Silva

Manchester City bench

45Abdukodir Khusanov
37Allan
5Elliot Anderson
28Gerónimo Rulli
7Iliman Ndiaye
13Marcus Bettinelli
8Mateo Kovačić
21Rayan Aït-Nouri
82Rico Lewis
56Ryan McAidoo
22Vitor Reis

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

36%Possession64%

5Shots20

0Shots on target10

4Shots off target6

1Blocked shots4

3Shots inside box13

2Shots outside box7

83Attacks111

24Dangerous attacks55

2Corners5

7Offsides1

10Fouls17

1Yellow cards3

8Saves0

353Passes640

287Accurate passes589

19Free kicks18

12Throw-ins13

7Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Porto

Manchester CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

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Porto and Manchester City met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League on 8 September. Final score — 0:2.

Porto sit 34th on 0 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses). Manchester City sit 5th on 3 points after 4 matches (3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss), won 2 matches in a row.