Porto and Manchester City have faced each other on four occasions in Europe, with the Portuguese winless across each of them (D1 L3). Their only previous UEFA Champions League meeting at the Estádio Do Dragão did end 0-0, however, coming in the 2020-21 edition.

Porto have only won two of their last 16 games against English teams in major European competition (D4 L10), and have only scored nine goals across these 16 matches (0.56 per game).

Manchester City have won their opening game of a UEFA Champions League campaign in six of the last seven seasons (D1), last losing their opener in 2018-19 against Lyon (1-2).

Enzo Maresca will be just the fourth different manager to take charge of Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League, following Roberto Mancini, Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola. None of the previous three lost their first game (W2 D1), with the last two both winning by at least three goals (3-0 for Pellegrini, 4-0 for Guardiola).

Manchester City have lost nine of their last 17 UEFA Champions League games (W6 D2), having had a 26-game unbeaten run beforehand, between September 2022 and October 2024.

Manager Francesco Farioli is making his debut in the UEFA Champions League this season, becoming the 18th different manager to take charge of a match in the competition for FC Porto. The Italian guided Porto to the quarter final of the UEFA Europa League last season, winning seven of his 12 matches in the competition.

Erling Haaland has netted 34 UEFA Champions League goals in 39 appearances for Manchester City, only two shy of the record for City set by Sergio Agüero (36). Since 2022-23, only Kylian Mbappé (37) has more than Haaland’s 34 goals in the competition.

André Silva is back at FC Porto and could make his first appearance in the competition for the club since March 2017. During his first spell at the Dragões, he was involved in six goals in eight UEFA Champions League matches (4 goals, 2 assists), averaging a goal involvement every 101 minutes.

Of players with 300+ minutes played, Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki was the only individual who averaged 2+ line-breaking passes into the box per 90 in the UEFA Champions League last season (2.3).

Across Rodri’s seven seasons at the club (2019-20 to 2025-26), Manchester City only lost six of the 52 UEFA Champions League matches he started for them (12%), compared to eight of the 25 games when he wasn’t in the starting XI (32%).