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Manchester City

ActiveENGPot 1UEFA Champions League 2026-27League phase

Fixtures, model forecasts and tournament paths in one place.

OFFICIAL results as of 22 Oct 2026, 05:02 UTCSIMULATION updated after Matchday 3

Season outlook

SIMULATION100,000 simulated seasons
Expected points
15.5
Expected league position
8.7
Top 8 (direct to round of 16)
56.4%
Top 24 (reaches the knockouts)
99.4%

Competition state

DERIVEDLeague phase
54 of 144 fixtures completed · next up: Matchday 4
OFFICIALThis club
3 of 8 played · 2 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost
OFFICIALLast result
MD3 · Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens · Won
Next fixture
MD4 · Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 21:00 CET · RB Leipzig v Manchester City

Model inputs

MODEL INPUTwhat the match model is given
Strength rating
94.0 / 100
BapLab’s rating of the club’s current sporting strength, not an official UEFA ranking. The gap between two clubs’ ratings drives the expected goals in their match.
European pedigree
4.5 / 5
European history and experience. It nudges effective strength up above 3 and down below 3, a small adjustment next to the rating.
Home advantage
+0.25
Extra expected goal difference in the club’s favour in its home matches.

League-phase fixtures

8 matches · kickoff in Central European time
  • MD1Tue, 8 Sept 2026 · 21:00 CEST · Away

    Porto 0–2 Manchester City

    OFFICIALFull time · Won

    MODELPre-match forecastArchive time unavailable

    Home win
    23.1%
    Draw
    23.0%
    Away win
    53.8%

    xG 1.11 – 1.81

  • MD2Wed, 14 Oct 2026 · 21:00 CEST · Home

    Manchester City 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain

    OFFICIALFull time · Lost

    MODELPre-match forecastArchived 13 Oct 2026, 09:30 UTC

    Home win
    40.0%
    Draw
    25.8%
    Away win
    34.3%

    xG 1.41 – 1.29

  • MD3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 · 21:00 CEST · Home

    Manchester City 5–1 AEK Athens

    OFFICIALFull time · Won

    MODELPre-match forecastArchived 20 Oct 2026, 12:32 UTC

    Home win
    83.6%
    Draw
    11.6%
    Away win
    4.8%

    xG 2.75 – 0.53

  • MD4Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 21:00 CET · Away

    RB Leipzig v Manchester City

    Scheduled

    MODELCurrent forecast

    Home win
    19.9%
    Draw
    22.0%
    Away win
    58.1%

    xG 1.03 – 1.92

  • MD5Tue, 24 Nov 2026 · 21:00 CET · Home

    Manchester City v Napoli

    Scheduled

    MODELCurrent forecast

    Home win
    71.2%
    Draw
    18.0%
    Away win
    10.8%

    xG 2.20 – 0.72

  • MD6Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 21:00 CET · Away

    Barcelona v Manchester City

    Scheduled

    MODELCurrent forecast

    Home win
    49.4%
    Draw
    24.9%
    Away win
    25.7%

    xG 1.61 – 1.09

  • MD7Wed, 20 Jan 2027 · 21:00 CET · Away

    Lens v Manchester City

    Scheduled

    MODELCurrent forecast

    Home win
    18.1%
    Draw
    20.8%
    Away win
    61.1%

    xG 1.02 – 2.05

  • MD8Wed, 27 Jan 2027 · 21:00 CET · Home

    Manchester City v Sporting CP

    Scheduled

    MODELCurrent forecast

    Home win
    65.9%
    Draw
    20.2%
    Away win
    13.9%

    xG 2.03 – 0.80

Home side first. A current forecast can change before kickoff; a completed match keeps its archived pre-match forecast and is never recalculated.

League-phase expectation

SIMULATION100,000 simulated seasons
Expected points after 8 matches
15.52
+0.15 vs pre-season
Expected league position 1 is best
8.69
−0.40 vs pre-season

How far the club gets

reaches at least this stage
  • Top 8direct to the round of 16 56.4% +1.5 pp
  • Top 24reaches the knockout phase 99.4% +2.1 pp
  • Round of 16 92.7% +2.9 pp
  • Quarter-final 64.4% +2.5 pp
  • Semi-final 36.0% −0.4 pp
  • Final 18.5% −0.7 pp
  • Champion 9.2% −0.4 pp

Where the season ends

final outcome · sums to 100.0%
  • League phaseeliminated in the league phase 0.6% −2.1 pp
  • Knockout play-offeliminated in the play-off 6.6% −0.8 pp
  • Round of 16eliminated 28.3% +0.4 pp
  • Quarter-finaleliminated 28.4% +2.9 pp
  • Semi-finaleliminated 17.5% +0.3 pp
  • Finalrunner-up 9.3% −0.3 pp
  • Championwins the competition 9.2% −0.4 pp

Most likely end point: Quarter-final.

SIMULATION100,000 simulated seasons, updated after Matchday 3changes compared with the pre-season forecast, which also include the rating revision of 22 October 2026model outputs, not odds