Manchester City v 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
- Gianluigi Donnarumma360'
- Enzo Fernández335'
- Abdukodir Khusanov312'
- Elliot Anderson291'
- Rayan Cherki287'
- Erling Haaland270'
- Marc Guéhi270'
- Rúben Dias229'
- Phil Foden229'
- Matheus Nunes214'
- Joško Gvardiol210'
- Iliman Ndiaye156'
- Antoine Semenyo152'
- Ayyoub Bouaddi127'
- Allan97'
- Nico O'Reilly90'
- Rico Lewis90'
- Jérémy Doku71'
- R. Aït-Nouri33'
- Ryan McAidoo28'
- Mateo Kovačić22'
- Vitor Nunes18'
- Kaden Braithwaite7'
Sporting CP2026
- Sergi Altimira360'
- Eduardo Quaresma354'
- Luis Javier Suárez339'
- Issa Doumbia327'
- Iván Fresneda193'
- Rui Silva180'
- Luis Guilherme125'
- Rodrigo Zalazar86'
- Jesse Derry28'
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 4-3-3
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.
Recent form
Manchester City
UEFA Champions League
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Paris Saint Germain | 4 | +15 | 12 |
2 Real Madrid | 4 | +6 | 12 |
3 Arsenal | 4 | +5 | 10 |
4 Como | 4 | +13 | 9 |
5 Barcelona | 4 | +8 | 9 |
6 Aston Villa | 4 | +6 | 9 |
| 7Manchester City | 4 | +5 | 9 |
8 Liverpool | 4 | +4 | 9 |
9 Club Brugge KV | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| 10Sporting CP | 4 | +4 | 9 |
11 Real Betis | 4 | +2 | 9 |
12 Borussia Dortmund | 4 | +2 | 9 |
13 Bayern München | 4 | +7 | 8 |
14 VfB Stuttgart | 4 | +3 | 7 |
15 Inter | 4 | +2 | 6 |
16 Lask Linz | 4 | +1 | 6 |
17 Manchester United | 4 | 0 | 6 |
18 Galatasaray | 4 | -1 | 6 |
19 Fenerbahçe | 4 | -5 | 5 |
20 AS Roma | 4 | +2 | 4 |
21 Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 0 | 4 |
22 Viking | 4 | -1 | 4 |
23 Atletico Madrid | 4 | -1 | 4 |
24 PSV Eindhoven | 4 | -1 | 4 |
25 Bodo/Glimt | 4 | -5 | 4 |
26 FC Porto | 4 | -1 | 3 |
27 Napoli | 4 | -5 | 3 |
28 Villarreal | 4 | -6 | 3 |
29 RB Leipzig | 4 | -6 | 3 |
30 AEK Athens FC | 4 | -6 | 3 |
31 Sabah FA | 4 | -6 | 3 |
32 Feyenoord | 4 | -7 | 3 |
33 Lens | 4 | -12 | 3 |
34 Slavia Praha | 4 | -4 | 1 |
35 Lille | 4 | -6 | 1 |
36 Slovan Bratislava | 4 | -16 | 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.