Man City vs Galatasaray 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

Manchester City

10': Erling Haaland
29': Rayan Cherki

FT
2 - 0

Galatasaray

Haaland ends drought as Man City clinch last-16 spot

Erling Haaland ended his goal drought as Manchester City sneaked into the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Galatasaray.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
10': Goal! Manchester City 1, Galatasaray 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a through ball.
19': Mario Lemina (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Goal! Manchester City 2, Galatasaray 0. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
37': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Jérémy Doku because of an injury.
45'+2': First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Galatasaray 0.
45': Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Galatasaray 0.
67': Substitution, Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Omar Marmoush.
68': Substitution, Galatasaray. Eren Elmali replaces Abdülkerim Bardakci.
68': Substitution, Galatasaray. Lucas Torreira replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
68': Substitution, Galatasaray. Yunus Akgün replaces Baris Alper Yilmaz.
80': Substitution, Galatasaray. Kaan Ayhan replaces Leroy Sané.
82': Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rayan Cherki.
86': Substitution, Galatasaray. Mauro Icardi replaces Gabriel Sara.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 35,259

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+19	Arsenal	8	24	0
+14	Bayern Munich	8	21	1
+12	Liverpool	8	18	2
+10	Tottenham Hotspur	8	17	1

Full Table

Statistics

GAL		MNC
10	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	4
49.7	Possession	50.3
4	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	5
1.0	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
450	Accurate Passes	460
516	Passes	525
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	2
15	Crosses	10
0.1	Cross %	0.2
50	Long Balls	41
27	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
0	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	8
18	Tackles	11
0.4	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	10
14	Effective Clearances	20
14	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
6	Nathan Aké
45	Abdukodir Khusanov
21	Rayan Aït-Nouri
27	Matheus Nunes
7	Omar Marmoush
33	Nico O'Reilly
20	Bernardo Silva
9	Erling Haaland
11	Jérémy Doku
10	Rayan Cherki

Substitutes:

Marcus Bettinelli, Stephen Mfuni, Max Alleyne, Charlie Gray, James Trafford, Rico Lewis, Nico González, Phil Foden, Divine Mukasa, Tijjani Reijnders.

Galatasaray (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ugurcan Çakir (GK)
42	Abdülkerim Bardakci
6	Davinson Sánchez
4	Ismail Jakobs
7	Roland Sallai
8	Gabriel Sara
20	Ilkay Gündogan
99	Mario Lemina
45	Victor Osimhen
53	Baris Alper Yilmaz
10	Leroy Sané

Substitutes:

Wilfried Singo, Batuhan Ahmet Sen, Günay Güvenc, Furkan Koçak, Yusuf Kahraman, Eren Elmali, Yunus Akgün, Eyüp Karasu, Lucas Torreira, Mauro Icardi, Kaan Ayhan, Ahmed Kutucu.