Manchester City 4–1 Borussia Dortmund — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Wed, 5 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCEtihad Stadium

Manchester City

WDW

4–1Historical match

Borussia Dortmund

DWW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Manchester City won 4–1.

Shots: 1812
Shots on target: 114
Expected goals: 1.981.02
Possession: 50%50%

Full time

What the match recorded

Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 4–1. Recorded in this match (Manchester City – Borussia Dortmund): shots 18–12, shots on target 11–4, expected goals 1.98–1.02, possession 50%–50%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Borussia Dortmund show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Borussia Dortmund's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

17.3 shots/match ▲ShotsManchester City · Borussia Dortmund11 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	Borussia Dortmund	Baseline
Shots	17.3 shots/match	11 shots/match	13.5 shots/match
Shots against	8 shots/match	13.5 shots/match	13.4 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Manchester City have recorded the higher season possession share.

65.3% ●PossessionManchester City · Borussia Dortmund53.5%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 11.8 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	Borussia Dortmund	Baseline
Possession	65.3%	53.5%	49.3%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots12 shotsManchester City 18 shots, Borussia Dortmund 12 shots
Shots on target11 shots4 shotsManchester City 11 shots, Borussia Dortmund 4 shots
Expected goals1.98 xG1.02 xGManchester City 1.98 xG, Borussia Dortmund 1.02 xG
Possession50%50%Manchester City 50%, Borussia Dortmund 50%
Corners4 corners4 cornersManchester City 4 corners, Borussia Dortmund 4 corners
Fouls11 fouls17 foulsManchester City 11 fouls, Borussia Dortmund 17 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Manchester City: 18 shots, 11 on target, 1.98 xG. Borussia Dortmund: 12 shots, 4 on target, 1.02 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Manchester City 1.98 xG · Borussia Dortmund 1.02 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Manchester City

1Draws

0Borussia Dortmund

25 Oct 2022Borussia Dortmund — Manchester City · UEFA Champions League0–0

14 Sept 2022Manchester City — Borussia Dortmund · UEFA Champions League2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Manchester City favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Borussia Dortmund in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Manchester City4 matchesBorussia Dortmund4 matches

2.5 goals/matchGoals scored4/4▲ 3.25 goals/match

0.75 goals/match ▲Goals allowed4/42.75 goals/match

1.8 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/41.37 xG/match

17.3 shots/match ▲Shots4/411 shots/match

7.75 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/45.5 shots/match

65.3% ●Possession4/453.5%

4.75 corners/match ●Corners4/44.25 corners/match

10.5 fouls/matchFouls4/411.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 6 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4