The reigning Premier League and Serie A champions played out an entertaining 0-0 draw on Matchday 1 of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League. Check out the best facts and live Opta data with our Manchester City vs Inter Milan stats page.
Manchester City and Inter Milan played out an entertaining 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, as Pep Guardiola’s side increased their unbeaten home run to 47 home games in all competitions (W39 D8).
Erling Haaland was on the hunt for his 100th Man City goal in what was his 104th competitive appearance for the club, but he and his teammates were kept out by Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who made five saves in the draw – the pick of the bunch from Ilkay Gündogan’s late header.
Both of these clubs will be pleased with a point in what is arguably their toughest match in the league phase of the 2024-25 competition, while they go into vital league matches versus Arsenal and AC Milan respectively this weekend on the back of a decent performance.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Manchester City vs Inter Milan stats from their UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 meeting at the Etihad Stadium.
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 post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Manchester City vs Inter Milan: Post-Match Facts
- For just the second time in 42 home UEFA Champions League matches under Pep Guardiola, Manchester City failed to find the net, with their other failure a goalless draw with Sporting in March 2022.
- Although they failed to win tonight, Man City extended their unbeaten UEFA Champions League run to 24 matches (W16 D8), just one behind the record set by Man Utd between 2007 and 2009 (25 games).
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- Internazionale have now kept an away UEFA Champions League clean sheet at four different English clubs (Arsenal in 2003, Chelsea in 2010, Liverpool in 2022 and Man City in 2024). Only Valencia, Barcelona (both five) and Real Madrid (six) have kept away clean sheets at more different English sides in the competition.
- On a night when he could have netted his 100th goal in all competitions for Man City, Erling Haaland had just 14 touches, the fewest of any player to start tonight’s game on either side.
- Haaland has faced 32 different opponents across his Man City career in competitive action, and Inter Milan are one of only three of those sides that he’s yet to score against (Real Madrid and Crvena Zvezda the others).
- Jack Grealish created four chances tonight – since the start of the 2022-23 campaign, the Man City winger has created more chances in the UEFA Champions League than any other player (55).
- Internazionale had 10 shots in the first half of this match, becoming the first opposing side to have 10+ shots in the first half of a UEFA Champions League game at the Etihad since Monaco in February 2017 (also 10).
- Nineteen-year-old Rico Lewis tonight made his 10th UEFA Champions League appearance for Man City, all under Pep Guardiola. He is the third teenager to play 10+ games in the competition under Guardiola, after Bojan (14) and Phil Foden (11).
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