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FC Porto v Manchester City 0-2 · UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League
FC Porto
FT

0-2

  • Erling Haaland47'
  • Erling Haaland90+1'
Manchester City
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Estádio do Dragão · Porto · Matchday 1

What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Manchester City beat FC Porto 2-0 in matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League at Estádio do Dragão, Porto.

Erling Haaland 47', 90+1' for Manchester City.

FC Porto had 36% of the ball to Manchester City's 64%; the sides had 5 and 20 shots (0 and 10 on target).

The referee showed 5 yellow cards and no reds.

Key stats

Possession

36%64%

Shots

520

Shots on Target

010

Corners

25

Fouls

1017

Match timeline

  1. 90+3’Yellow cardPablo Rosario
  2. 90+3’Yellow cardErling Haaland
  3. 90+1’Erling HaalandManchester City · assist Rayan Aït-Nouri0–2
  4. 86’Yellow cardFrancesco Farioli
  5. 83’SubstitutionGabri Veiga · On: Seko Fofana
  6. 75’SubstitutionAyyoub Bouaddi · On: Mateo Kovačić
  7. 75’SubstitutionPhil Foden · On: Rayan Aït-Nouri
  8. 73’SubstitutionMartim Fernandes · On: Francisco Moura
  9. 73’SubstitutionAndré Silva · On: Santiago Giménez
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Team stats comparison

FC PortoManchester City
  • 36Possession64
  • 5Shots20
  • 0Shots on Target10
  • 2Corners5
  • 7Offsides1
  • 8Saves0
  • 353Passes640
  • 10Fouls17
  • 1Yellow Cards3

Match info

Competition
UEFA Champions League
Round
Matchday 1
Venue
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Referee
S. Marciniak
FC Porto coach
F. Farioli
Manchester City coach
E. Maresca

Match record

Competition
UEFA Champions League
Round
Matchday 1
Kick-off
Venue
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Referee
Szymon Marciniak
Match ID
cornerflick:match:fc-porto-vs-manchester-city-champions-league-2026-09-08

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Lineups

Confirmed selections

FC Porto4-3-3

Starting XI

  • 99Diogo CostaGK
  • 20Alberto BaioDF
  • 18N. PérezDF
  • 4J. KiwiorDF
  • 52Martim Fernandes ↓DF
  • 13P. RosarioMF
  • 22A. VarelaMF
  • 10Gabri Veiga ↓MF
  • 7WilliamFW
  • 19André Silva ↓FW
  • 11Pepê AquinoFW

Bench

  • 92João Pedro Moreira Teixeira
  • 14Cláudio Ramos
  • 24Andorinha
  • 57Duarte Cunha
  • 42S. Fofana
  • 29S. Giménez
  • 64Luís Gomes
  • 16Hwang In-Beom
  • 74Francisco Moura
  • 17Borja Sainz
  • 58T. Silva
  • 33Souza

Coach · F. Farioli

99. Diogo Costa (GK)99Costa20. Alberto Baio (DF)20Baio18. N. Pérez (DF)18Pérez4. J. Kiwior (DF)4Kiwior52. Martim Fernandes (DF)52Fernandes13. P. Rosario (MF)13Rosario22. A. Varela (MF)22Varela10. Gabri Veiga (MF)10Veiga7. William (FW)7William19. André Silva (FW)19Silva11. Pepê Aquino (FW)11Aquino1. G. Donnarumma (GK)1Donnarumma27. Matheus Nunes (DF)27Nunes3. Rúben Dias (DF)3Dias6. M. Guéhi (DF)6Guéhi24. J. Gvardiol (DF)24Gvardiol32. A. Bouaddi (MF)32Bouaddi17. E. Fernández (MF)17Fernández42. A. Semenyo (MF)42Semenyo10. R. Cherki (MF)10Cherki47. P. Foden (MF)47Foden9. E. Haaland (FW)9Haaland
  • FC Porto
  • Manchester City

Manchester City4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach · E. Maresca

UEFA Champions League table

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Paris Saint Germain1100+53
2Bayern München1100+53
3Barcelona1100+43
4Manchester United1100+43
5Como1100+33
8Manchester City1100+23
31FC Porto1001-20

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17 events

  1. 37’Yellow cardJosko Gvardiol
  2. 47’Erling HaalandManchester City · assist Enzo Fernández0–1
  3. 48’SubstitutionJosko Gvardiol · On: Abdukodir Khusanov
  4. 49’Yellow cardGianluigi Donnarumma
  5. 62’SubstitutionAntoine Semenyo · On: Iliman Ndiaye
  6. 62’SubstitutionRayan Cherki · On: Elliot Anderson
  7. 68’SubstitutionAlan Gonzalo Varela · On: Hwang In-Beom
  8. 68’SubstitutionWilliam Gomes · On: Borja Sainz
  9. 73’SubstitutionMartim Fernandes · On: Francisco Moura
  10. 73’SubstitutionAndré Silva · On: Santiago Giménez
  11. 75’SubstitutionAyyoub Bouaddi · On: Mateo Kovačić
  12. 75’SubstitutionPhil Foden · On: Rayan Aït-Nouri
  13. 83’SubstitutionGabri Veiga · On: Seko Fofana
  14. 86’Yellow cardFrancesco Farioli
  15. 90+1’Erling HaalandManchester City · assist Rayan Aït-Nouri0–2
  16. 90+3’Yellow cardPablo Rosario
  17. 90+3’Yellow cardErling Haaland

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