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Champions League Matchday 3 Tue 20 Oct

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Home Manchester City

Anderson 12′Foden 34′Cherki 57′Foden 65′Foden 76′

Full-time 5:1
Away AEK Athens

Pilios 52′

Player of the match Phil Foden 9.9

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 4.7/10 more watchable than 47% of Champions League matches Hat-trick for Foden, a clash of big clubs. How we rate

GolVolt rating 4.7GolVolt rating

Worth watching: Highlights will do
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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 12' Anderson, 1:0
  1. 5 of 7

    Manchester City turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 2.2.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 79% to 91% (Manchester City).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+1' · 5:1Manchester City 94%draw 4%AEK Athens 2%

Key stats

64% Possession 36%
2.21 xG (expected goals) 0.44
17 Shots 11
7 On target 3
4 Big chances 1
8 Corners 3
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Preview and report

Live · goal

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

  1. Minute 79 5–1

    Foden scores, Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens in the 79th minute

    Phil Foden scored in the 76th minute, with Ryan McAidoo providing the assist. It was his third goal of this Champions League matchday 3 game; he had scored earlier in the 34th and 65th minutes, both times from Rico Henry Mark Lewis passes.

    Number of the match: 3 — Phil Foden has three goals in this match: in the 34th, 65th and 76th minutes.

  2. Minute 68 4–1

    Foden scores, Manchester City 4–1 AEK Athens

    Phil Foden scored in the 65th minute, assisted by Rico Henry Mark Lewis. It was Foden's second goal of the match for Manchester City; he scored the first in the 34th minute from a pass by the same player.

  3. Minute 54 2–1

    Pilios scores, Manchester City 2–1 AEK Athens

    Stavros Pilios scored for AEK Athens in the 52nd minute, set up by Zini, and cut the deficit to one goal. Manchester City had led earlier through goals from Elliot Anderson in the 12th minute and Phil Foden in the 34th minute.

    Number of the match: 52nd minute — That was the minute in which Pilios scored for AEK Athens and made it 2–1 to Manchester City.

  4. Minute 36 2–0

    Foden scores, Manchester City 2–0 AEK Athens

    Phil Foden scored in the 34th minute of the Champions League match. Rico Henry Mark Lewis provided the assist. Earlier, in the 12th minute, Elliot Anderson had put Manchester City ahead after a pass from Enzo Fernández.

    Number of the match: 34th minute — In that minute Foden doubled Manchester City's lead to 2–0.

  5. Minute 14 1–0

    Anderson scores, Manchester City 1–0 AEK Athens

    Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the Champions League matchday 3 game in the 12th minute. He scored from an Enzo Fernández assist and put Manchester City ahead.

    Number of the match: 12th minute — That was when Anderson scored the first goal of the match.

Live · half-time · 2–0

Manchester City lead AEK Athens 2–0 at half-time

In the Champions League matchday 3 game, Manchester City lead 2–0 at the break. Elliot Anderson scored in the 12th minute and Phil Foden in the 34th minute.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

Number of the match 10 City had 10 shots in the first half, AEK Athens only 2.

Goals from Anderson and Foden. The first goal came in the 12th minute. Elliot Anderson scored after an assist from Enzo Fernández. In the 34th minute Phil Foden extended the lead, with the ball played to him by Rico Henry Mark Lewis.

The first-half picture. City had 65% possession to AEK Athens' 35%. They had 10 shots, 4 of them on target. The visitors shot twice and none was on target. There were five corners for City and zero for AEK Athens. The hosts have shot in 10 matches in a row, the visitors in 9.

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Hat-trick for Foden, a clash of big clubs.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 57′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.2 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Foden, Foden: rated 9.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.8 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% A clash of big clubs. Stakes: 6.7 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% 6 goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.2 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 4.7more watchable than 47% of Champions League matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

6 goals1 card

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal: Elliot Andersonleft foot · assist: Fernández1:0
  2. 34' Goal: Phil Fodenright foot · assist: Lewis2:0
  3. Half-time · 2:0
  4. 46' 2 substitutionsKoita for MarinZini for Varga
  5. 52' Goal: Stavros Piliosleft foot · assist: Zini2:1
  6. 57' Goal: Rayan Cherkileft foot · assist: Foden3:1
  7. 59' Josko Gvardiolyellow card · foul
  8. 62' SubstitutionMcAidoo for Samba
  9. 63' SubstitutionZubkov for Mário
  10. 65' Goal: Phil Fodenleft foot · assist: Lewis4:1
  11. 72' 2 substitutionsAït-Nouri for FernándezReis for Gvardiol
  12. 76' Goal: Phil Fodenleft foot · assist: McAidoo5:1
  13. 83' SubstitutionBraithwaite for Dias
  14. 83' 2 substitutionsGacinovic for ArriagaVitális for Jović
  15. Full-time · 5:1

Match stats

Shooting

2.21 xG (expected goals) 0.44
17 Shots 11
7 On target 3
4 Big chances 1
4 Off target 5
6 Blocked 3
13 Inside the box 3
4 Outside the box 8

Play

64% Possession 36%
8 Corners 3
676 Passes 384
93% Pass accuracy 89%
13 Key passes 5
127 Attacks 57
67 Dangerous attacks 18

Defence

9 Tackles 20
12 Interceptions 9
2 Saves 2

Discipline

6 Fouls 10
0 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-2-3-1 –4-4-2
Bench

Manchester City

AEK Athens

Match sheet

Coaches
Enzo Maresca Manchester City Marko Nikolić AEK Athens
Stadium
Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Manchester City Phil Foden 9.93
  2. 2. place · Manchester City Rico Henry Mark Lewis 8.29
  3. 3. place · Manchester City Rayan Cherki 7.87
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Absences

Manchester City · 1 out

  • Antoine Semenyo Injured

    since 18 Oct · return date unknown · Leg Injury

AEK Athens · 5 out

  • Christos Alexiou Suspended

    since 3 Sep · until 31 Jan 2027 · 7 matches missed

  • Dereck Kutesa Suspended

    since 3 Sep · until 31 Jan 2027 · 7 matches missed

  • Frantzdy Pierrot Suspended

    since 3 Sep · until 31 Jan 2027 · 7 matches missed

  • Hakim Sahabo Suspended

    since 3 Sep · until 31 Jan 2027 · 7 matches missed

  • Martin Georgiev Suspended

    since 3 Sep · until 31 Jan 2027 · 7 matches missed

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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