Manchester City vs Sporting CP
UEFA Champions League · 2026 · Group Stage
UEFA Champions League · 2026 · Group Stage
Etihad Stadium, ManchesterCapacity 55,097
The Squad
Players with recorded minutes for each club in the most recent season we hold, most minutes first. It is who has played for them, not a prediction of this line-up.
Manchester City2025
- Gianluigi Donnarumma810'
- Erling Haaland731'
- Nico O'Reilly626'
- Bernardo Silva610'
- J. Doku587'
- Abdukodir Khusanov515'
- Rúben Dias496'
- Tijjani Reijnders475'
- Joško Gvardiol440'
- Matheus Nunes417'
- Phil Foden410'
- Rodri375'
- J. Stones343'
- Rayan Cherki332'
- Nico González327'
- Rayan Aït-Nouri316'
- Savinho301'
- Rico Lewis209'
- Nathan Aké180'
- Omar Marmoush132'
- James Trafford90'
- Max Alleyne90'
- Marc Guéhi90'
- Antoine Semenyo70'
- Oscar Bobb46'
- Mateo Kovačić33'
- M. Bettinelli0'
- Divine Mukasa0'
- S. Mfuni0'
Sporting CP2025
The Squad
The eleven each club started in its most recent match we hold a team sheet for. It is what they last did, not a prediction of this line-up.
Manchester City
Formation 4-2-3-1
Sporting CP
Formation 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Line-ups are collected about an hour before kickoff. We do not have them for this match yet.
From the archive
- Their last 3 meetings have produced 10 goals.
- Manchester City have taken 13 points from their last 6.
- Sporting CP have taken 13 points from their last 6.
Recent form
Manchester City
- 28 Aug 2026
away to Crystal Palace4-1W - 23 Aug 2026
home to Bournemouth2-1W - 24 May 2026
home to Aston Villa1-2L - 19 May 2026away to Bournemouth1-1D
- 16 May 2026
away to Chelsea1-0W
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Manchester City
- 1
- Drawn
- 1
- Sporting CP
- 1
The record over the 3 meetings listed below.
- Sporting CPManchester CityFTUEFA Champions League
- Manchester CitySporting CPFTUEFA Champions League
- Sporting CPManchester CityFTUEFA Champions League
Manchester City play Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday 8 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.