Manchester City set to host AEK Athens in Champions League

Manchester City were scheduled to host AEK Athens in a Champions League match at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, October 20, with kickoff set for 8 p.m. BST. The previews describe a meeting between sides coming off defeats in the competition, but do not establish the result or confirm either team’s final lineup. City’s previous Champions League match ended in a 4-2 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on October 14. AEK lost 3-1 to Shakhtar Donetsk the same day. Both teams had won their opening league-phase matches: City beat Porto 2-0 on September 8, while AEK defeated LASK 1-0. One preview said each club had three points from its first two matches. City returned to domestic action with a 3-2 win over Ipswich Town at the weekend, according to one account. That report said Antoine Semenyo was ruled out for eight weeks and Erling Haaland’s fitness remained uncertain. Another preview identified additional concerns involving Nico O’Reilly, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes. A projected-lineup article, however, listed no City absences, leaving the team’s availability unsettled in the pre-match reports. The projected City lineup named Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal, with Abdukodir Khusanov,...