FC Porto vs Manchester City FC, Champions League 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Porto vs Manchester City FC — Champions League at Estadio Do Dragao.
- FC Porto 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Manchester City FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Lawrence Visser
- Referee Bjorn Kuipers
- Referee Sander van Roekel
- Referee Erwin Zeinstra
25 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Dec Manchester City FC H 0–0 D 28 Nov CD Santa Clara A 1–0 W 25 Nov Olympique de Marseille A 2–0 W 08 Nov Portimonense SC H 3–1 W 03 Nov Olympique de Marseille H 3–0 W 30 Oct FC Pacos de Ferreira A 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Dec FC Porto A 0–0 D 28 Nov Burnley FC H 5–0 W 25 Nov PAE Olympiakos SFP A 1–0 W 21 Nov Tottenham Hotspur FC A 0–2 L 08 Nov Liverpool FC H 1–1 D 03 Nov PAE Olympiakos SFP H 3–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Porto to score. At the same time, Manchester City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It’s high time Pep Guardiola made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Manchester City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' Oleksandr Zinchenko needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mateus Uribe made 83 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 40' Moussa Marega has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joao Cancelo, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Do Dragao with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 50' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 51' The referee calls foul for Rodri. He receives a Yellow card.
- 56' The travelling Manchester City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
- 63' It is a substitution in FC Porto team. Jesus Manuel Corona is replaced by Luis Diaz on 63 minute.
- 68' FC Porto seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 69' It’s a booking for FC Porto player. Moussa Marega gets a Yellow card.
- 71' The whistle greets Ferran as he departs to be replaced by Gabriel Jesus.
- 72' It is a substitution in FC Porto team. Wilson Manafa is replaced by Nanu on 72 minute.
- 77' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Porto needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 80' GOAL! Gabriel Jesus scores on 80.
- 85' Manchester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
- 87' Fabio Vieira is replacing Otavio for the FC Porto side.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
FC Porto Lineups
Starting XI
- 32
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17
Jesus Manuel Corona ↓ Luis Diaz 63'
- 19
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25
Otavio ↓ Fabio Vieira 87'
- 27
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11
Moussa Marega ↓ Evanilson 72'
- 4
- 8
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18
Wilson Manafa ↓ Nanu 72'
- 1
- 12
Bench
- 28
- 14
- 9
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7
Luis Diaz ↑ 63'
- 10
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31
Nanu ↑ 72'
- 29
- 99
- 21
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30
Evanilson ↑ 72'
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50
Fabio Vieira ↑ 87'
- 23
Coach Sergio ConceicaoManchester City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 31
- 25
- 20
- 7
- 47
- 11
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21
Ferran Torres ↓ Gabriel Jesus 71'
- 16
- 27
- 3
- 50
Bench
- 6
- 8
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Gabriel Jesus ↑ 71'
- 2
- 5
- 17
- 22
- 14
- 26
- 33
- 13
- 69
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sergio Aguero 1 Ferran Torres 1 Luis Diaz 1 Gabriel Jesus 1 Ilkay Gundogan 1 FC Porto Form
Manchester City FC Form
2020-12-01 FC Porto 0–0 Manchester City FC D 2020-11-28 Manchester City FC 5–0 Burnley FC W 2020-11-25 PAE Olympiakos SFP 0–1 Manchester City FC W 2020-11-21 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2–0 Manchester City FC L 2020-11-08 Manchester City FC 1–1 Liverpool FC D 2020-11-03 Manchester City FC 3–0 PAE Olympiakos SFP W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.09 FC Porto xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.92 Manchester City FC xGI would bet for: FC Porto or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 67%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.01Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 60% 40% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
FC Porto or Draw 71%Draw or Manchester City FC 60%FC Porto or Manchester City FC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 13.2%0 – 1 10.9%2 – 0 7.6%2 – 1 7.2%1 – 2 6%0 – 2 5.4%2 – 2 3.5%3 – 0 2.7%3 – 1 2.7%1 – 3 1.9%Asian Handicap — FC Porto
Handicap FC Porto covers Push Manchester City FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 22% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 18% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Porto keeps clean sheet 40% ✗Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.