Finished 2nd in the 2025/26 Premier League at 23-9-6. The 2026/27 Premier League season opens at home to Bournemouth on Sun Aug 23, 2026.
Data as of 2026-08-05 · results through the 2025/26 season
2025/26 finish
2nd
78 points
Premier League
Record (W-D-L)
23-9-6
38 matches
Goals scored
77
1st most of 20
Goals conceded
35
2nd fewest of 20
Goal difference
+42
2nd best of 20
Most-used starting XI
Premier League 2025/26 · 38 matches · most common formation 4-1-4-1 (12 of 38)
The eleven players with the most 2025/26 league starts, each shown in the line he most often started in, with his season start count. This is a record of last season, not a predicted lineup: team sheets come from the openfootball public-domain archive and cover the 2025/26 season in full. Rows follow the source team sheets, so a player used across several roles appears in his most common one.
Betting stats: goals, BTTS and clean sheets
Premier League 2025/26 · 38 matches · counts of what happened, not predictions
Record
Count
Rate
Over 2.5 goals
24 of 38
63%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
19 of 38
50%
Clean sheets
16 of 38
42%
Failed to score
4 of 38
11%
Draws
9 of 38
24%
Home record (W-D-L)
14-3-2
Away record (W-D-L)
9-6-4
Against the top five
Record vs the top-5 finishers of the 2025/26 Premier League (excluding themselves)
Opponent
Finished
W-D-L
Goals
Arsenal
1st
1-1-0
3-2
Manchester United
3rd
1-0-1
3-2
Aston Villa
4th
0-0-2
1-3
Liverpool
5th
2-0-0
5-1
Bournemouth
6th
1-1-0
4-2
All five
5-2-3
16-10
2026/27 opening fixtures
First five league fixtures · head-to-head is all Premier League meetings in our archive
Date
Fixture
Manchester City W-D-L
Last meeting
Sun Aug 23
Manchester City v Bournemouth
16-1-1 in 18
Bournemouth 1-1 Man City
Sat Aug 29
Crystal Palace v Manchester City
20-5-3 in 28
Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace
Sat Sep 5
Manchester City v Coventry City
0-1-1 in 2
Coventry 1-1 Man City
Sat Sep 12
Manchester United v Manchester City
21-9-20 in 50
Man United 2-0 Man City
Sat Sep 19
Manchester City v Sunderland
19-4-5 in 28
Sunderland 0-0 Man City
Closing form, 2025/26
Premier League · last ten matches · sequence DDWWWDWWDL (oldest first)
Date
Result
Venue
2026-05-24
Man City 1-2 Aston Villa
L
H
2026-05-19
Bournemouth 1-1 Man City
D
A
2026-05-13
Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace
W
H
2026-05-09
Man City 3-0 Brentford
W
H
2026-05-04
Everton 3-3 Man City
D
A
2026-04-22
Burnley 0-1 Man City
W
A
2026-04-19
Man City 2-1 Arsenal
W
H
2026-04-12
Chelsea 0-3 Man City
W
A
2026-03-14
West Ham 1-1 Man City
D
A
2026-03-04
Man City 2-2 Nott'm Forest
D
H
Season history
Last six seasons, competition named on every row, from our own match archive
Season
Competition
Finish
W-D-L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
2025/26
Premier League
2nd
23-9-6
77
35
+42
78
2024/25
Premier League
3rd
21-8-9
72
44
+28
71
2023/24
Premier League
1st
28-7-3
96
34
+62
91
2022/23
Premier League
1st
28-5-5
94
33
+61
89
2021/22
Premier League
1st
29-6-3
99
26
+73
93
2020/21
Premier League
1st
27-5-6
83
32
+51
86
Squad
Current first-team squad · as of 2026-08-05
Show full squad (32 players)
#
Player
Position
Age
1
J. Trafford
Goalkeeper
23
13
M. Bettinelli
Goalkeeper
33
25
G. Donnarumma
Goalkeeper
26
3
Rúben Dias
Defender
28
15
M. Guéhi
Defender
25
21
R. Aït-Nouri
Defender
24
22
Vitor Nunes
Defender
19
24
J. Gvardiol
Defender
23
45
A. Khusanov
Defender
21
68
Max Alleyne
Defender
20
82
R. Lewis
Defender
21
91
S. Mfuni
Defender
17
4
T. Reijnders
Midfielder
27
8
E. Anderson
Midfielder
23
8
M. Kovačić
Midfielder
31
10
R. Cherki
Midfielder
22
14
Nico González
Midfielder
23
16
Rodri
Midfielder
29
26
Sávio
Midfielder
21
27
Matheus Nunes
Midfielder
27
30
C. Echeverri
Midfielder
19
33
N. O'Reilly
Midfielder
20
42
A. Semenyo
Midfielder
25
47
P. Foden
Midfielder
25
56
R. McAidoo
Midfielder
17
63
D. Mukasa
Midfielder
18
7
Omar Marmoush
Attacker
26
9
E. Haaland
Attacker
25
11
J. Doku
Attacker
23
40
J. Monga
Attacker
16
67
D. Mubama
Attacker
21
81
Jaden Heskey
Attacker
20
Injuries and availability
Injury feed
Coming soon
Where these numbers come from
Results, tables, head-to-head and betting stats. Our own match archive of Premier League and Premier League finals through 2025/26, derived from final scores. Every block names its competition and window.
2026/27 fixtures. The openfootball public-domain fixture file (CC0 1.0).
Starting XI. openfootball 2025/26 team sheets (CC0 1.0); the construction is stated under the graphic.
Squad. API-Football (api-sports.io). An injury feed is planned and not connected yet.
Information, not betting advice. This page reports what happened: results, goal counts and team-sheet history from stated sources over stated windows. The betting stats are counts of past outcomes. It contains no picks, no projections and no recommendations.