Manchester City eased to victory in their Champions League visit to Slovakia. Check out the best facts and do your own analysis of the Opta data with our Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City stats page.
Manchester City controlled the game from start to finish as they eased to a 4-0 win in Slovakia against Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday night. Although expected, Pep Guardiola will be relived to pick up all three points after their Matchday 1 home draw against Internazionale at the Etihad Stadium.
Goals from captain Ilkay Gündogan, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland arrived before the hour-mark, before substitute James McAtee managed to add a fourth with 16 minutes remaining.
This victory means that Man City are now 25 games unbeaten in the UEFA Champions League, equalling the all-time UCL/European Cup unbeaten run set by rivals Manchester United back in 2009.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City stats from their Champions League meeting in Slovakia.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own in-game and post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City Stats: Post-Match Facts
- Manchester City are now unbeaten in each of their last 25 UEFA Champions League games (W17 D8), the joint-longest run without defeat in European Cup/UEFA Champions history, level with Manchester United between September 2007 and May 2009.
- Following tonight’s 4-0 loss to Manchester City and a MD1 5-1 loss to Celtic, Slovan Bratislava are the first team in UEFA Champions League history to lose both of their first two games by a four-goal margin.
- Manchester City have now won 13 UEFA Champions League games by a margin of four or more goals under Pep Guardiola, the most such wins recorded by a manager with the same team in the competition (overtaking Alex Ferguson with Manchester United – 12).
- Since his debut in the competition for Manchester City in September 2022, Erling Haaland has scored more goals in the UEFA Champions League than any other player, netting 19 goals in just 22 appearances for the Citizens.
- Phil Foden put Manchester City 2-0 up in the 15th minute, the earliest they have led by two goals in a UEFA Champions League away game since September 2017 against Feyenoord (10th minute).
- Phil Foden is one of four players to have scored in each of the last seven UEFA Champions League campaigns (since 2018-19) along with Robert Lewandowski, Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann.
- Manchester City’s Jérémy Doku had 26 touches in the opposition box against Slovan Bratislava, the most ever by a player on record (since 2008-09) in a UEFA Champions League game.
- James McAtee, who scored Manchester City’s fourth goal, made his second appearance in the UEFA Champions League, two years and 206 days since his debut in the competition – that is the longest ever gap between a Man City player’s first and second outing in the competition.
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