Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain Preview

Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain

Competition – Champions League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 14th October 2026

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

The Etihad Stadium stages a meeting of two clubs with perfect starts on Wednesday night, as Manchester City host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. City opened their league phase with a 2-0 win away at Porto on 8 September, and PSG answered a day later with a 6-1 home win over Slovan Bratislava, so both sit on three points in the 36-team standings. Each arrives off a weekend victory too: City won 3-0 at Liverpool in the Premier League, while PSG beat Le Mans 3-1 at home in Ligue 1. The sides have met five times in the Champions League since 2021, with the record between them close enough that either could take a second straight win here. Kick-off in Manchester is at 8pm UK time.

Manchester City have won each of their last five matches, scoring 16 goals and conceding three. The latest was Sunday’s 3-0 win away at Liverpool in the Premier League, one of four clean sheets in the run. Before that, Sunderland were beaten 5-3 at home on 20 September, the only game in which City conceded, and a 5-0 home win over Norwich in the EFL Cup came three days earlier on 17 September. Further back, they won 1-0 away at Manchester United in the league on 13 September, and 2-0 away at Porto in their Champions League opener on 8 September. Three of the five were played away from home, and City won all three without letting a goal in. At the Etihad Stadium itself, the two home wins in the sample came by a combined 10-3.

PSG have won four of their last five, scoring 13 goals and conceding five across all competitions. Saturday brought a 3-1 home win over Le Mans in Ligue 1. Two narrow wins sit behind that: 2-1 away at Marseille on 20 September and 1-0 away at Brest a week before. The 6-1 home win over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on 9 September is the biggest margin of the five, a thumping by any measure. The only defeat is the oldest result, a 2-1 home loss to Monaco in Ligue 1 on 4 September, and PSG have not lost since. Both of their away league fixtures in the sample ended in victories.

Manchester City hold a narrow edge in the five Champions League meetings on record, with three wins to PSG’s two and no draws, and the goals are level at 8-8. The most recent was PSG’s 4-2 home win on 22 January 2025, and before that, City won 2-1 at home on 24 November 2021. The home side won four of the five, the exception being City’s 2-1 win in Paris on 28 April 2021. City also won 2-0 at home on 4 May 2021, so both visits to the Etihad Stadium in the sample ended with a City victory, and PSG are yet to win in Manchester across these meetings.

PSG sit first in the league phase standings on three points with a goal difference of +5, while City are eighth on three points with +2. A win would take City to six points, though their position would depend on results elsewhere on matchday two.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1, with HBO Max streaming and BBC Radio 5 Live on the radio. French viewers can watch on Canal+ France, with Canal+ Live 1 streaming, while in the USA it’s on Paramount+ and DAZN USA. In Ireland, it’s on RTE 2 and TNT Sports 1, with RTE Player and HBO Max streaming.

Stake

Possible Lineups

Manchester City

4-2-3-1

HOME

Paris Saint-Germain

4-3-3

AWAY
D
Donnarumma
S
Safonov
O
O’Reilly
G
Guehi
D
Dias
N
Nunes
D
Digne
H
Hernandez
Z
Zabarnyi
H
Hakimi
F
Fernandez
A
Anderson
N
Neves
B
Beraldo
F
Fernandez
S
Semenyo
C
Cherki
N
Ndiaye
H
Haaland
G
Godts
T
Torres
A
Akliouche

Manchester City — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City Premier League 11.10.26
✓ Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland Premier League 20.09.26
✓ Manchester City 5-0 Norwich EFL Cup 17.09.26
✓ Manchester Utd 0-1 Manchester City Premier League 13.09.26
✓ FC Porto 0-2 Manchester City Champions League 08.09.26

PSG — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ PSG 3-1 Le Mans Ligue 1 10.10.26
✓ Marseille 1-2 PSG Ligue 1 20.09.26
✓ Brest 0-1 PSG Ligue 1 13.09.26
✓ PSG 6-1 Slovan Bratislava Champions League 09.09.26
✕ PSG 1-2 Monaco Ligue 1 04.09.26

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
PSG 4-2 Manchester City Champions League 22.01.25
Manchester City 2-1 PSG Champions League 24.11.21
PSG 2-0 Manchester City Champions League 28.09.21
Manchester City 2-0 PSG Champions League 04.05.21
PSG 1-2 Manchester City Champions League 28.04.21

Where to Watch

🇬🇧 Great Britain
TNT Sports 1HBO MaxBBC Radio 5 Live
🇫🇷 France
Canal+ FranceCanal+ Live 1
🇮🇪 Ireland
RTE 2RTE PlayerTNT Sports 1HBO MaxBBC Radio 5 Live
🇺🇸 USA
Paramount+DAZN USA
🇩🇪 Germany
DAZN Germany
🇪🇸 Spain
Movistar+Movistar Liga de Campeones 3
🇮🇹 Italy
Sky Sport 252SKY Go ItaliaTV8Sky Sport CalcioNOW TV
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ziggo GoZiggo SportZiggo Sport 2
🇧🇪 Belgium
Club RTLProximus PickxRTL PlayVTM 2Pickx+ Sports 2VTM GO
🇵🇹 Portugal
DAZN1 PortugalDAZN Portugal
TV Channel Streaming Radio

Table

Champions League Standings

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

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