Manchester City

Manchester City have played 5 games in the 2026 season and stand 1st in English Premier League. They have won 5, drawn 0 and lost 0, scoring 13 and conceding 5. Their most recent result was 5-3 at home to Sunderland on 20 September.

They finished 2nd in 2025 on 78 points, from 23 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats. Across the last 7 completed seasons their best finish is 1st in 2020, and their average finish is 1.6. They have finished in the top four 7 times in that run.

Manchester City results this season

Manchester City in the English Premier League table

Where they sit, with the clubs immediately above and below.

Pos	Club	Played	For	Against	Diff	Points
1	Manchester City	5	13	5	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	8	4	+4	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	16	5	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	10	4	+6	9

The Manchester City squad

ESPN lists 27 players, read 2026-09-24. The squad holds 14 nationalities, most commonly England 9, Argentina 2, France 2.

Position	Players	Names
Goalkeepers	4	Gianluigi Donnarumma (1), Marcus Bettinelli (13), Gerónimo Rulli (28), Max-Edgar Chabot (94)
Defenders	9	Rayan Aït-Nouri (21), Vitor Reis (22), Josko Gvardiol (24), Rúben Dias (3), Nico O’Reilly (33), Abdukodir Khusanov (45), Marc Guéhi (6), Kaden Braithwaite (61), Rico Lewis (82)
Midfielders	8	Rayan Cherki (10), Enzo Fernández (17), Matheus Nunes (27), Ayyoub Bouaddi (32), Phil Foden (47), Elliot Anderson (5), Floyd Samba (75), Mateo Kovacic (8)
Forwards	6	Jérémy Doku (11), Allan Elias (37), Antoine Semenyo (42), Ryan McAidoo (56), Iliman Ndiaye (7), Erling Haaland (9)

Manchester City season by season

Every completed season ESPN holds for Manchester City in this competition, most recent first.

Season	Finished	Played	W-D-L	For	Against	Points
2025	2nd	38	23-9-6	77	35	78
2024	3rd	38	21-8-9	72	44	71
2023	1st	38	28-7-3	96	34	91
2022	1st	38	28-5-5	94	33	89
2021	1st	38	29-6-3	99	26	93
2020	1st	38	27-5-6	83	32	86
2019	2nd	38	26-3-9	102	35	81

Where to go next

We publish predictions for selected Manchester City games, listed on soccer predictions.