Champions League match preview: Manchester City versus København

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 05.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Manchester City and København get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.

These teams have little in common geographically as København have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Manchester City nor København as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Manchester City form and stats

Last season, City's Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals against Real Madrid.

The story so far in the Premier League for Manchester City at their home stadium (Etihad Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

A nice win for Manchester City last time playing, versus Manchester United. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-3 with Foden and Haaland scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for Manchester City, with a total of 9 goals in the match against Manchester United. Fun stuff to watch! Haaland was absolutely essential when Manchester City beat Manchester United 6-3, scoring three goals. The attacker Haaland won the honour of being "man of the match" for City with a rating of 9.91/10. Haaland scored three goals, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers and winning 3-0.

Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 13 games: 11 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Manchester City have won with at least two goals margin 10 times in similar situations.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Southampton in only three days. This game is also played here at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 20 goals in 4 league games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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København form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for København so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.

København had fun at their own home (Etihad Stadium) last time out, beating AGF 1-0. Lerager scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Hansen when Lerager scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute. Defender Sørensen was the best team player with a rating of 7.53. Sørensen hit one key pass and won 5 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Midtjylland's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as København are hosting Nordsjælland in the Superliga only three days away.

København are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings featuring these teams: City won one, København triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Haaland
E. Haaland
14 goals
KøbenhavnV. Claesson
V. Claesson
6 goals
Manchester CityP. Foden
P. Foden
5 goals

Manchester City missing players

København missing players

Manchester City København
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
17 11   Won W   5 12
5 0   Drew D   3 4
3 1   Lost L   5 9
76 46   Scored S   25 41
32 16   Conceded C   18 29
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 72%
84% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 60%
68% 75%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 28%
44% 67%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 16%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   54% 48%
40% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 36%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   23% 28%
 
6.6 7.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
2.6 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4
1.2 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
16.8 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.7
6.4 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.1
48% 60%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 30%
 
7.4 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11.5
2.8 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
3 København 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
4 Sevilla 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 8 7 0 1 20 8 4 4 0 0 11 5 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 21
2 Manchester City 8 6 2 0 29 9 4 4 0 0 20 5 4 2 2 0 9 4 20 20
3 Tottenham Hotspur 8 5 2 1 19 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 4 1 2 1 6 6 9 17
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 4 2 1 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 6 14
5 Chelsea 7 4 1 2 10 10 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 13
6 Manchester United 7 4 0 3 11 14 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 5 10 -3 12
7 Newcastle United 8 2 5 1 12 8 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 11
8 Fulham 8 3 2 3 13 15 4 2 1 1 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 -2 11
9 Liverpool 7 2 4 1 18 9 4 2 2 0 15 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 10
10 Brentford 8 2 4 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 0 3 1 5 6 3 10
11 Everton 8 2 4 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 10
12 Leeds United 7 2 3 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 4 8 0 9
13 AFC Bournemouth 8 2 3 3 6 19 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 16 -13 9
14 Aston Villa 8 2 2 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 7 -4 8
15 West Ham United 8 2 1 5 5 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 2 4 -4 7
16 Southampton 8 2 1 5 8 13 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 7
17 Crystal Palace 7 1 3 3 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 3 5 -3 6
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 1 3 4 3 9 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 0 1 3 1 5 -6 6
19 Nottingham Forest 7 1 1 5 6 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 1 9 -11 4
20 Leicester City 7 0 1 6 10 22 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 0 0 4 7 17 -12 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Randers 10 6 4 0 16 8 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 3 0 8 4 8 22
2 Nordsjælland 10 6 2 2 15 9 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 20
3 Viborg 11 6 2 3 16 12 6 5 1 0 12 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 20
4 Silkeborg 11 6 1 4 18 13 5 4 0 1 9 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 5 19
5 AGF 11 5 1 5 14 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 2 0 4 5 6 3 16
6 København 11 5 0 6 18 17 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 2 0 4 11 12 1 15
7 Midtjylland 11 3 5 3 19 18 6 1 2 3 5 10 5 2 3 0 14 8 1 14
8 Horsens 11 4 2 5 10 12 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -2 14
9 OB 11 4 2 5 13 18 6 2 0 4 6 12 5 2 2 1 7 6 -5 14
10 Brøndby 11 3 3 5 13 18 6 2 2 2 9 10 5 1 1 3 4 8 -5 12
11 AaB 11 2 4 5 10 15 6 1 4 1 5 6 5 1 0 4 5 9 -5 10
12 Lyngby 11 0 4 7 11 22 5 0 2 3 5 12 6 0 2 4 6 10 -11 4

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.