FC Porto vs Manchester City Preview

FC Porto host Manchester City at the Estadio do Dragao on Tuesday as both sides open their Champions League league phase campaigns unbeaten in recent weeks.

Porto have won all five of their last matches and arrive full of confidence. Their most recent result was a 2-1 home win over Moreirense. Prior to that, a 3-0 away win at Academico Viseu. Before that, a 2-0 home win over Arouca. Earlier in this run, a 2-0 away win at Rio Ave, and their run started with a 2-0 home win over Alverca.

Manchester City have also won 4 of their last 5 games and head into this one in similarly fine touch. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 away win at Coventry. Prior to that, a 4-1 home win over Crystal Palace. Before that, a 2-1 home win over Bournemouth. Earlier in this run, a 0-3 away defeat at Arsenal in the Community Shield. Their run started with a 3-1 away win at Atletico Madrid in a friendly in Asia.

The two sides have met four times, with the head-to-head record slightly favouring City, who have won two of those meetings to Porto’s one, with one draw. Most recently, the sides played out a goalless draw at Porto. In the meeting before that, City won 3-1 at home.

Both clubs go into this one with a clean slate at the start of the league phase, so there’s no points gap to speak of yet — Porto were placed 25th and City 4th heading into the draw, City have the stronger pedigree on paper, though Porto’s perfect domestic form suggests they won’t be there simply to make up the numbers.

In the UK, the match is live on Amazon Prime Video. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on Paramount+, TUDN USA, or ViX. The game is also available in Germany on DAZN Germany and in Spain via Movistar+.

Possible Lineups

FC Porto (4-3-3) Costa, Kiwior, Bednarek, Costa, Moura, Rosario, Froholdt, Andre, William, Veiga, Pepe

Manchester City (4-2-3-1) Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Cherki, Anderson, Guehi, Fernandes, Ndiaye, Semenyo, Haaland

FC Porto Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	FC Porto	2-1	Moreirense	LP	04.09.26
✅	Academico Viseu	0-3	FC Porto	LP	29.08.26
✅	FC Porto	2-0	Arouca	LP	23.08.26
✅	Rio Ave	0-2	FC Porto	LP	15.08.26
✅	FC Porto	2-0	Alverca	LP	09.08.26

Manchester City Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Manchester City	1-0	Coventry	PL	05.09.26
✅	Crystal Palace	1-4	Manchester City	PL	28.08.26
✅	Manchester City	2-1	Bournemouth	PL	23.08.26
❌	Arsenal	3-0	Manchester City	CS	16.08.26
✅	Manchester City	3-1	Atl. Madrid	CF	09.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
FC Porto	0-0	Manchester City	CL	01.12.20
Manchester City	3-1	FC Porto	CL	21.10.20
Manchester City	4-0	FC Porto	EL	22.02.12
FC Porto	1-2	Manchester City	EL	16.02.12

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	Amazon Prime Video
Ireland Republic	Premier Sports ROI 1
USA	Paramount+ / TUDN USA / ViX
Germany	DAZN Germany
Spain	Movistar+
Italy	Sky Sport Calcio / NOW TV
France	Canal+ Sport / myCANAL
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Australia	Stan Sport

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Lille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	PSG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Napoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	LASK Linz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Slavia Praha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Club Brugge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Slovan Bratislava	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Bayern München	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Internazionale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	PSV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Feyenoord	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Real Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Villarreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Atlético Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Real Betis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Porto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	AEK Athens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Viking	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Bodø / Glimt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Sporting CP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Galatasaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Fenerbahçe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Como	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Sabah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0