Manchester City vs 20.10.26 19:005 – 1Full Time
AEK Athens FC — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Foden hat-trick drives Manchester City past AEK Athens FC
Manchester City beat AEK Athens FC 5-1 at the Etihad Stadium in a UEFA Champions League league-stage matchday 3 fixture, with Phil Foden scoring three times and setting up another goal. The home side led 2-0 at half-time and never relinquished control, with the match producing six goals in all.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Elliot Anderson opened the scoring in the 12th minute, and Foden doubled the lead in the 34th, set up by Rico Lewis. AEK Athens FC came out brighter after the interval and pulled one back in the 52nd minute, Stavros Pilios scoring from a Zini assist to make it 2-1.
The reprieve lasted five minutes. Rayan Cherki restored the two-goal cushion in the 57th minute from a Foden pass, before Foden struck again in the 65th, with Lewis once more the provider. Foden completed his hat-trick in the 76th minute, converting an assist from Ryan McAidoo to make it 5-1.
City had 64% of the possession and 17 shots to 11, seven of them on target to three. Manchester City next travel to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday, 24 October, while AEK Athens FC host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, 4 November.
Phil Foden scored three goals and set up Cherki's strike for a match-high rating of 9.58. Rico Lewis supplied two assists, for the first and fourth goals, and was rated 8.58.
Manchester City put seven of their 17 shots on target, while AEK Athens FC managed three from their 11.
Manchester City beat AEK Athens FC 5–1 (half-time 2–0).
Manchester City met AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 3). Kick-off was Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Etihad Stadium. Referee: Willy Delajod.
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Key moments
- 12' Goal: Elliot Anderson — 1–0
- 34' Goal: Phil Foden (assist: Rico Lewis) — 2–0
- 52' Goal: Stavros Pilios (assist: Zini) — 2–1
- 57' Goal: Rayan Cherki (assist: Phil Foden) — 3–1 · Watch Rayan Cherki's goal video (57')
- 65' Goal: Phil Foden (assist: Rico Lewis) — 4–1 · Watch Phil Foden's goal video (65')
- 76' Goal: Phil Foden (assist: Ryan McAidoo) — 5–1 · Watch Phil Foden's goal video (76')
Starting line-ups
Manchester City (4-2-3-1)
AEK Athens FC (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Manchester City 83%, the draw 12%, AEK Athens FC 5%. It finished Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens FC.
A big strength gap makes Manchester City strong favourites — We give Manchester City 83% mainly because they sit 440 points higher on our strength rating, 2009 to 1569, with the usual home advantage adding to it. The draw starts at 12.5%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and dips to 12% because both sides' own recent games average 3.5 goals.
Why Manchester City at 83%?
Manchester City sit 440 points higher on our strength rating — 2009 to 1569. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge at home won 79.3% of 5,574 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 83–12–5.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 83% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 12% and AEK Athens FC at 5%.
Why is the draw only 12%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 12.5%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 17,062. The goals environment takes 1.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Manchester City have averaged 14 percentage points more possession than AEK Athens FC in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here.
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About this match
On this page: the Manchester City vs AEK Athens FC final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Rayan Cherki's goal against AEK Athens FC (57').
- Watch Phil Foden's goal against AEK Athens FC (65').
- Watch Phil Foden's goal against AEK Athens FC (76').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens FC. Explore more on the Manchester City and AEK Athens FC team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.