League phase, matchday 1

0 - 2

Full time

Tuesday 8 September 2026 · 20:00 · HT 0-0 · Estádio do Dragão, Porto · Referee Szymon Marciniak

FC Porto v Manchester City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In FC Porto's last 3 home games and Manchester City's last 1 away game in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 4, with 12.0 corners per match (league 8.8) and 3.0 cards (league 4.6).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

Seasons

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League games only

· 2026/27

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

FC Porto v Manchester City, full match

36%

Possession

64%

0.28

Expected goals (xG)

2.32

5

Shots

20

0

Shots on target

10

2

Corners

5

10

Fouls

17

1

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

7

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

37'

Yellow card

Joško Gvardiol MAN

47'

Goal

Erling Haaland MAN

49'

Yellow card

Gianluigi Donnarumma MAN

90+1'

Goal

Erling Haaland MAN

90+3'

Yellow card

Erling Haaland MAN

90+3'

Yellow card

Pablo Rosario FCP

At a glance

FC Porto

W

Manchester City

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From FC Porto's home games and Manchester City's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in FC Porto's last 3 home games and Manchester City's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 49%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

4/4 games · League 74%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

1/4 games · League 36%

Over 9.5 corners

75%

3/4 games · League 41%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

2/4 games · League 68%

FC Porto clean sheet

67%

2/3 games · League 28%

Manchester City clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 28%

FC Porto fail to score

0%

0/3 games · League 28%

Manchester City fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.7

Corners

12.0

League 8.8

Cards

3.0

League 4.6

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

FC Porto

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

99

Diogo Costa

DEFENDERS

4

18

20

52

MIDFIELDERS

10

Gabri Veiga

13

Pablo Rosario

22

Alan Varela

FORWARDS

7

William Gomes

11

Pepê

19

André Silva

SUBSTITUTES

14

24

33

64

74

16

42

57

58

92

17

29

Manchester City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Gianluigi Donnarumma

DEFENDERS

3

6

24

27

MIDFIELDERS

10

Rayan Cherki

17

Enzo Fernández

32

Ayyoub Bouaddi

FORWARDS

9

Erling Haaland

42

Antoine Semenyo

47

Phil Foden

SUBSTITUTES

13

28

21

22

45

82

5

8

37

56

7

Referee: Szymon Marciniak

4 games in Liga Portugal this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.0

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

2.8

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

27.3

League 25.6

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

FCP

MAN

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

3.0

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

5/5

100%

3/3

100%

8/8

93%

Over 1.5

100%

5/5

67%

2/3

88%

7/8

71%

Over 2.5

40%

2/5

67%

2/3

50%

4/8

50%

Over 3.5

0%

0/5

33%

1/3

13%

1/8

33%

Over 4.5

0%

0/5

33%

1/3

13%

1/8

7%

Bet

FCP

MAN

Match

League

Yes

20%

1/5

67%

2/3

38%

3/8

40%

Yes and win

20%

1/5

67%

2/3

10%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

20%

1/5

67%

2/3

38%

3/8

36%

Yes and draw

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

21%

Yes and loss

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

10%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

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Bet

FCP

MAN

Match

League

Corners per match

10.8

9.3

10.3

8.5

Over 7.5

80%

4/5

100%

3/3

88%

7/8

57%

Over 8.5

80%

4/5

67%

2/3

75%

6/8

45%

Over 9.5

80%

4/5

33%

1/3

63%

5/8

33%

Over 10.5

60%

3/5

33%

1/3

50%

4/8

21%

Over 11.5

60%

3/5

0%

0/3

38%

3/8

19%

Over 12.5

40%

2/5

0%

0/3

25%

2/8

12%

Referee Szymon Marciniak: 3.0 cards and 27.3 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

FCP

MAN

Match

League

Cards per match

1.8

3.0

2.3

4.0

Over 2.5

40%

2/5

100%

3/3

63%

5/8

79%

Over 3.5

40%

2/5

0%

0/3

25%

2/8

60%

Over 4.5

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

36%

Over 5.5

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Gabri Veiga

5 starts · 0.7 per 90

20%

1/5

60%

3/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

Erling Haaland

3 starts · 1.0 per 90

67%

2/3

67%

2/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

André Silva

4 starts · 0.6 per 90

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.