UEFA Champions League

Young Boys vs Man City 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 52': Meschack Elia
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1 - 3
  • 48': Manuel Akanji
  • 67': Erling Haaland (P)
  • 86': Erling Haaland

Haaland ends UCL drought with brace as Man City beat Young Boys

Erling Haaland ended his goal drought with a brace while Manuel Akanji scored on his return to his homeland as reigning champions Manchester City all but secured their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Swiss side...

Match Commentary

  • 4': Joël Monteiro (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Second Half begins Young Boys 0, Manchester City 0.
  • 48': Goal! Young Boys 0, Manchester City 1. Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 52': Goal! Young Boys 1, Manchester City 1. Meschack Elia (Young Boys) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cheikh Niasse with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 64': Mohamed Ali Camara (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Goal! Young Boys 1, Manchester City 2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 72': Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Jérémy Doku.
  • 72': Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Matheus Nunes.
  • 72': Substitution, Young Boys. Silvere Ganvoula replaces Joël Monteiro.
  • 73': Substitution, Young Boys. Jean-Pierre Nsame replaces Cedric Itten.
  • 80': Substitution, Young Boys. Darian Males replaces Sandro Lauper.
  • 80': Substitution, Young Boys. Saidy Janko replaces Lewin Blum.
  • 80': Substitution, Young Boys. Noah Persson replaces Ulisses Garcia.
  • 86': Goal! Young Boys 1, Manchester City 3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rodri.
  • 90': Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Gómez replaces Erling Haaland.
  • 90': Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Rodri.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadion Wankdorf
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Attendance: 31,500

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 4
5 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 10
68.2 Possession 31.8
26 SHOTS 10
14 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
674 Accurate Passes 275
723 Passes 323
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
8 Accurate Crosses 6
13 Crosses 14
0.6 Cross % 0.4
54 Long Balls 49
41 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.8 Long Balls % 0.6
7 Blocked Shots 3
3 Effective Tackles 12
8 Tackles 20
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
5 Interceptions 2
11 Effective Clearances 10
11 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

YB Young Boys (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Anthony Racioppi (GK)
23 Loris Benito
13 Ali Mohamed Yellow Card
21 Ulisses Garcia
27 Lewin Blum
30 Sandro Lauper
20 Cheikh Niasse
7 Filip Ugrinic
9 Cedric Itten
15 Meschack Elia
77 Joel Monteiro Yellow Card

MNC Manchester City (3-2-4-1)

No. Name
31 Ederson (GK)
3 Rúben Dias
6 Nathan Aké
25 Manuel Akanji
16 Rodri
82 Rico Lewis
10 Jack Grealish
11 Jérémy Doku
9 Erling Haaland
8 Mateo Kovacic
27 Matheus Nunes

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