Manchester City 2-4 PSG: Paris strike three times in 32 minutes, Haaland double not enough

Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 on Wednesday 14 October 2026 at the Etihad Stadium on matchday 2 of the Champions League. Two wins from two: Paris go top. Full match centre.

UEFA Champions League · 2–4 Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain

Manchester City59 % Draw20 % Paris Saint-Germain22 %

Over 2.5 goals 70 % Both teams score 66 %

Our prediction : Manchester City win · missed

How it happened

Paris killed the game in half an hour. Désiré Doué opened the scoring on 13 minutes from a Fabián Ruiz pass, then set up Ousmane Dembélé two minutes later (15'). Vitinha made it three on 32 minutes, assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery. Erling Haaland pulled one back on 53 minutes from Senegal's Iliman Ndiaye, but Maghnes Akliouche restored the three-goal lead (62', from Dembélé). Haaland's second (75') changed nothing.

City had 27 shots, but Paris were more clinical: 4 goals from 10 on target. Morocco's Achraf Hakimi started at right back for PSG. In City's goal, Gianluigi Donnarumma faced his former club.

Goals minute by minute

What our model predicted

59%Manchester City 19%Draw 22%Paris Saint-Germain

Expected goals

Manchester Ci…2.3

Paris Saint-G…1.3

Most likely scores

2-19%1-18%3-17%

Over 2.5 goals

Both teams score

Our prediction « Manchester City win » : lost

The table

PSG (6 points, +7) lead Barcelona and Aston Villa, level on points and goal difference but with fewer goals scored. City stay on 3 points. All Wednesday's results and the full table.

Our model had City as favourites (59%): wrong. The full matchday record is in our round-up.