Champions League MISSED 5–1
Tue, Oct 20 · 21:00 · Etihad Stadium
Manchester City Home
VS
AEK Athens Away
Manchester City vs AEK Athens FC — UEFA Champions League
Tipster's pick Both Teams to Score - No
Confidence High
Odds 1.44 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

City Defence Set to Limit AEK Chances

Manchester City host AEK Athens in the Champions League with both sides level on points after two matches. City have won four of their last five games overall and score two goals a game at home in the league. AEK have kept clean sheets in three of their four league games so far and concede less than one goal per game on the road. The Greek side also manage only half a goal per away league match, which suggests they may struggle to break down City’s back line. At the other end AEK have shown they can score in most matches but face a side that has kept a clean sheet in one of two league outings. Expect the game to feature limited chances for the visitors as City control possession from the start. The main risk lies in whether AEK can find a rare away goal against a high-pressing home team.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
5–1 MISSED

Our pick “Both Teams to Score - No” at odds 1.44 didn’t land — final score 5–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Elliot Anderson 12'
  3. Phil Foden assist Rico Lewis 34'
  4. Aboubakary Koita ↓ Răzvan Marin 45'
  5. Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador ↓ Barnabás Varga 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Stavros Pilios assist Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador 52'
  8. Rayan Cherki assist Phil Foden 57'
  9. Josko Gvardiol 59'
  10. Ryan McAidoo ↓ Floyd Samba 62'
  11. Oleksandr Zubkov ↓ João Mário 63'
  12. Phil Foden assist Rico Lewis 65'
  13. Vitor de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis ↓ Josko Gvardiol 72'
  14. Rayan Aït-Nouri ↓ Enzo Fernández 72'
  15. Phil Foden assist Ryan McAidoo 76'
  16. Kaden Braithwaite ↓ Rúben Dias 83'
  17. Mijat Gaćinović ↓ Kervin Arriaga 83'
  18. Milan Vitális ↓ Luka Jovic 83'
This season
Manchester City AEK Athens FC
Over 2.5 goals — 50%
Clean sheet 50% 75%
Failed to score 0% 25%
Scored per game 2.0 1.5
Conceded per game 2.0 0.8
Scored home / away 2.0 / 2.0 2.5 / 0.5

Across 2 and 4 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
16 CLU Club Brugge KV 2 1 0 1 3
17 MAN Manchester City ▲ 2 1 0 1 3
18 BOR Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 3
19 LEN Lens 2 1 0 1 3
20 AEK AEK Athens FC ▲ 2 1 0 1 3
21 RBL RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Manchester City WWWWL
W @ Manchester United 1–0 Sep 13
W vs Norwich 5–0 Sep 17
W vs Sunderland 5–3 Sep 20
W @ Liverpool 3–0 Oct 11
L vs Paris Saint Germain 2–4 Oct 14
AEK Athens FC DWWWL
D @ Asteras Tripolis 1–1 Sep 13
W vs Panserraikos 8–1 Sep 17
W @ Volos NFC 2–1 Sep 20
W vs OFI 3–0 Oct 10
L @ Shakhtar Donetsk 1–3 Oct 14
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Manchester City
Scored 3.2 avg
1 5 5 3 2
Conceded 1.4 avg
0 0 3 0 4
AEK Athens FC
Scored 3.0 avg
1 8 2 3 1
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 1 1 0 3
Confirmed lineups
Manchester City 4-2-3-1
  • 1 G. Donnarumma G
  • 82 R. Lewis D
  • 3 Rúben Dias D
  • 45 A. Khusanov D
  • 24 J. Gvardiol D
  • 5 E. Anderson M
  • 17 E. Fernández M
  • 37 Allan M
  • 10 R. Cherki M
  • 47 P. Foden M
  • 75 F. Samba F
Bench G. Rulli, I. Ndiaye, Vitor Nunes, R. Aït-Nouri, M. Bettinelli, A. Bouaddi, K. Braithwaite, E. Haaland, J. Doku, M. Guéhi, R. McAidoo

E. Maresca

AEK Athens FC 4-4-2
  • 91 A. Brignoli G
  • 12 L. Rota D
  • 2 H. Moukoudi D
  • 44 Filipe Relvas D
  • 3 S. Pilios D
  • 14 L. Majer M
  • 16 K. Arriaga M
  • 18 R. Marin M
  • 23 João Mário M
  • 19 B. Varga F
  • 9 L. Jović F
Bench O. Zubkov, Zini, M. Vitális, D. Vida, C. Lykogiannis, A. Koita, K. Kairinen, M. Gaćinović, Marios Balamotis, P. Mantalos

M. Nikolić