Manchester City vs Napoli — UEFA Champions League
2-0
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Going into the match, Manchester City had won 7, drawn 1, lost 2 in their previous 10, scoring 1.8 goals a game; Napoli had won 8, drawn 2, lost 0 in 10, scoring 1.7.
Match report
Home form going in: Manchester City
Last 10 completed: won 7, drawn 1, lost 2 (W L L W W). 1.8 scored per game, 0.6 conceded, 50% over 2.5 goals, 30% both teams scored, 60% clean sheets.
- W 3-0 vs Manchester United · 14 Sept 2025
- L 2-1 at Brighton · 31 Aug 2025
- L 0-2 vs Tottenham · 23 Aug 2025
- W 0-4 at Wolves · 16 Aug 2025
- W 0-2 at Fulham · 25 May 2025
- W 3-1 vs Bournemouth · 20 May 2025
Away form going in: Napoli
Last 10 completed: won 8, drawn 2, lost 0 (W W W W D). 1.7 scored per game, 0.3 conceded, 30% over 2.5 goals, 20% both teams scored, 80% clean sheets.
- W 1-3 at Fiorentina · 13 Sept 2025
- W 1-0 vs Cagliari · 30 Aug 2025
- W 0-2 at Sassuolo · 23 Aug 2025
- W 2-0 vs Cagliari · 23 May 2025
- D 0-0 at Parma · 18 May 2025
- D 2-2 vs Genoa · 11 May 2025
How it unfolded
- 56' Normal Goal — E. Haaland (Manchester City)
- 65' Normal Goal — J. Doku (Manchester City)
Match statistics
| Manchester City | Metric | Napoli |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals | 0 |
| 74 | Ball possession | 26 |
| 2.18 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.17 |
| 23 | Total shots | 1 |
| 8 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 9 | Shots off target | 0 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 14 | Attempts inside box | 1 |
| 9 | Attempts outside box | 0 |
| 9 | Corner kicks | 2 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 805 | Total passes | 281 |
| 742 | Accurate passes | 222 |
| 92 | Pass accuracy | 79 |
| 19 | Key passes | 1 |
| 61 | Duels | 61 |
UEFA Champions League table — 2026
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | AEK Athens FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Atletico Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Bayern München | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bodo/Glimt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Como | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Fenerbahçe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Lens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Manchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Napoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | PSV Eindhoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | AS Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Sabah FA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Slavia Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Viking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 32 | Club Brugge KV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 33 | Lille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 34 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 35 | Lask Linz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 36 | FC Porto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |