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Bayern Munich Women — Manchester City Women: 2:2, UEFA Champions League Women

UEFA Champions League Women
Bayern Munich Women W21 Aug · Away Union Berlin Women · 4:1W31 Aug · Home Mainz 05 · 2:0W6 Sep · Home SC Freiburg Women · 4:1W14 Sep · Away Bayer Leverkusen Women · 3:2W19 Sep · Home FC Köln Women · 5:2D22 Sep · Home Manchester City Women · 2:2
2:2
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Manchester City Women W16 May · Away West Ham United Women · 4:1W31 May · Away Brighton Women · 4:0W6 Sep · Home Birmingham City Women · 3:1W13 Sep · Away Aston Villa Women · 4:1W18 Sep · Home Liverpool Women · 4:2D22 Sep · Away Bayern Munich Women · 2:2
Venue: FC Bayern Campus City: Munich

In the UEFA Champions League Women game on 22 September 2026, Bayern Munich Women beat Manchester City Women 2:2. Match numbers: shots on target 4:3, corners 1:4.

Match report

Bayern Munich Women and Manchester City Women played out a 2-2 draw in the opening fixture of the UEFA Women's Champions League League Stage on Monday at the FC Bayern Campus. The result leaves both sides with a single point after one match. And here's the thing — neither side dominated for long stretches, and the game swung between phases rather than settling into a rhythm.

Julia Gwinn opened the scoring for the hosts in the eleventh minute, and within twenty minutes Bayern were ahead again through Kerstin Casparij's own goal in the twenty-eighth. Bethany Mead equalised for City just before half-time with a goal in the forty-fifth. By then the match had already established its pattern: quick responses rather than sustained pressure.

Khadija Shaw missed a penalty for Manchester City in the sixty-second minute and was then substituted off for Samantha Coffey a minute later. Carlotta Wamser restored Bayern's lead in the eighty-sixth minute, but City had already done enough to ensure they wouldn't leave Munich empty-handed. By then the tension had lifted — both sides had taken their chances or failed to take them.

City held 54 per cent possession but Bayern created three big chances to their two. The hosts registered twelve shots with four on target, while City managed four shots with three on target. Bayern completed 356 passes from 427 attempts, City 415 from 491. The figures show a game decided by moments rather than volume.

The result means both teams remain level on points after the first round of fixtures. We had backed Manchester City to win with 81 per cent confidence — the match went another way. Bayern's attack kept finding openings in the final third, and City's inability to convert their penalty proved decisive in the end.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 46 – 54
Shots on target 4 – 3
Shots off target 8 – 1
Big chances 3 – 2

Match events

  1. 11' Bayern Munich Women Goal Giulia Gwinn assist: Linda Dallmann
  2. 28' Bayern Munich Women Own goal Kerstin·Casparij
  3. 45' Manchester City Women Goal Bethany Mead
  4. 52' Manchester City Women Yellow card Kerstin·Casparij
  5. 62' Manchester City Women Penalty missed Khadija Shaw
  6. 63' Manchester City Women Substitution Khadija Shaw off: Mary Fowler
  7. 63' Manchester City Women Substitution Samantha Coffey off: Laura Blindkilde Brown
  8. 70' Bayern Munich Women Yellow card Bernadette Amani Kakounan
  9. 71' Bayern Munich Women Substitution Jovana Damnjanovic off: Sarah Zadrazil
  10. 75' Manchester City Women Substitution Bethany Mead off: Grace Clinton
  11. 79' Bayern Munich Women Substitution Bernadette Amani Kakounan off: Edna Imade
  12. 86' Manchester City Women Goal Carlotta Wamser assist: Laura Blindkilde Brown

Statistics

46 Possession, % 54
4 Shots on target 3
8 Shots off target 1
3 Big chances 2
108 Attacks 93
1 Corners 4
12 Fouls 12
11 Free kicks 11
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
2 Goal kicks 9
29 Throw-ins 22
All statistics
5/1436% Aerial duels 9/1464%
78 Backward passes 84
1 Blocked shots 4
21 Clearances 19
5/1338% Crosses 3/1718%
4/944% Dribbles 8/1747%
71 Failed passes 76
1 Goalkeeper saves 3
13 Interceptions 10
10 Key passes 4
19/3850% Long passes 19/4245%
80 Passes into the final third 76
238 Passes in the opposition half 220
202 Passes in own half 288
0.31 Shot accuracy 0.38
3 Shots from outside the box 1
10 Shots inside the box 7
12/2157% Tackles 15/2075%
427 Total passes 491

Line-ups

Bayern Munich Women

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Ena Mahmutovic 1
2 Vanessa Brigitte Gilles 2
4 Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir 4
7 Giulia Ronja Gwinn 7
20 Franziska Kett 20
10 Linda Dallmann 10
15 Bernadette Amini 15
17 Klara Gabriele Bühl 17
18 M. Tanikawa 18
21 Pernille Mosegaard Harder 21
9 Jovana Damnjanović 9
Substitutes
# Player number
38 A. Klink 38
3 Stine Ballisager 3
19 Katharina Elisa Naschenweng 19
45 J. Kappes 45
14 A. Sehitler 14
23 Sophie Proost 23
25 S. Zadrazil 25
28 Barbara Martina Dunst 28
6 Kassandra Potsi 6
11 S. Mattner-Trembleau 11
29 E. Imade 29
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Manchester City Women

Starting XI
# Player number
31 A. Yamashita 31
5 Alex Greenwood 5
18 Kerstin Yasmijn Casparij 18
37 Carlotta Wamser 37
7 Bethany Jane Mead 7
11 Lauren May Hemp 11
17 Samantha Grace Coffey 17
20 A. Fujino 20
9 K. Shaw 9
Substitutes
# Player number
1 E. Cumings 1
14 Anna Moorhouse 14
47 S. Lewis 47
8 M. Fowler 8
60 Millie Burdon 60
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Match prediction: Bayern Munich Women — Manchester City Women

Win: Manchester City Women

Confidence 81%

Reasoning

  • Бавария Женщины, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
  • Манчестер Сити Женщины, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
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