Manchester City vs Sporting CP
UEFA Champions League · 2026 · league phase, matchday 8
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UEFA Champions League · 2026 · league phase, matchday 8
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 City2026
Sporting CP2026
- Sergi Altimira180'
- Eduardo Quaresma174'
- Luis Javier Suárez159'
- Issa Doumbia159'
- Luis Guilherme114'
- Iván Fresneda96'
- Rui Silva90'
- Rodrigo Zalazar66'
- Jesse Derry17'
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
We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.
Line-ups
We checked, and no line-ups were published for this match.
From the archive
- Their last 3 meetings have produced 10 goals.
- Sporting CP are unbeaten in 10.
- Manchester City are unbeaten in 8.
Recent form
Manchester City
UEFA Champions League
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Barcelona | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| 2Sporting CP | 2 | +4 | 6 |
3 Arsenal | 2 | +4 | 6 |
4 Bayern München | 2 | +5 | 4 |
5 Paris Saint Germain | 1 | +5 | 3 |
6 Como | 1 | +3 | 3 |
7 Manchester United | 2 | +2 | 3 |
8 VfB Stuttgart | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 9Manchester City | 1 | +2 | 3 |
10 Villarreal | 2 | +1 | 3 |
11 Aston Villa | 1 | +1 | 3 |
12 Real Betis | 1 | +1 | 3 |
13 Atletico Madrid | 2 | +1 | 3 |
14 Borussia Dortmund | 1 | +1 | 3 |
15 Liverpool | 1 | +1 | 3 |
16 Real Madrid | 1 | +1 | 3 |
17 AEK Athens FC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
18 Club Brugge KV | 2 | 0 | 3 |
19 Lens | 2 | -1 | 3 |
20 RB Leipzig | 2 | -2 | 3 |
21 Sabah FA | 2 | -2 | 3 |
22 AS Roma | 1 | 0 | 1 |
23 Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
24 Fenerbahçe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
25 PSV Eindhoven | 2 | -1 | 1 |
26 Viking | 2 | -2 | 1 |
27 Lask Linz | 1 | -1 | 0 |
28 Inter | 2 | -2 | 0 |
29 FC Porto | 1 | -2 | 0 |
30 Slavia Praha | 2 | -3 | 0 |
31 Napoli | 2 | -3 | 0 |
32 Lille | 2 | -4 | 0 |
33 Feyenoord | 1 | -4 | 0 |
34 Galatasaray | 2 | -5 | 0 |
35 Slovan Bratislava | 1 | -5 | 0 |
36 Bodo/Glimt | 1 | -5 | 0 |
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 Wednesday 27 January. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
Times are shown in UTC.