UEFA Champions League · League Stage - 1

Manchester United–Sabah FA

4–0

HT 3–0

Kick-off: Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 19:00
Status: Match Finished

Goals and red cards

27'Manchester UnitedMatheus Cunha (assist: P. Dorgu)
42'Manchester UnitedBruno Fernandes (assist: Y. Tielemans)
45'Manchester UnitedB. Šeško (assist: B. Mbeumo)
68'Manchester UnitedLisandro Martínez

Match statistics

Match statistics
Manchester United		Sabah FA
21	Shots	11
10	Shots on target	0
15	Shots inside the box	6
0	Goalkeeper saves	5
7	Corners	2
0	Offsides	0
58%	Possession	42%
624	Passes	455
573	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Shots Manchester United 21 · Sabah FA 11; on target 10 and 0.
Manchester United kept the ball more (58%).

Announced lineup

Manchester United

Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Manager: M. Carrick

Starting XI

S. Lammensgoalkeeper
P. Dorgudefender
Lisandro Martínezdefender
L. Yorodefender
N. Mazraouidefender
K. Mainoomidfielder
Y. Tielemansmidfielder
Matheus Cunhamidfielder
Bruno Fernandesmidfielder
B. Mbeumomidfielder
B. Šeškoforward

Substitutes

A. Heaven
Andrey Santos

Unavailable players

Manchester United

A. Dialloout · injury
C. Balebaout · Ankle Injury
M. de Ligtout · Back Injury
M. Ugarteout · Knee Injury
T. Heatonout · injury
M. Rashforddoubtful · injury

Sabah FA

K. Aliyevout · Hamstring Injury

Provider data — may change until the line-ups are announced. Last updated: Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 06:11.

Referee

The referee for this match hasn't been announced by the data provider yet. We don't guess it.

Model prediction

No probability is published for this match.

Only 0 matches of data exist in this league before this date. A rating computed from that little data is nothing but noise.

12	Fouls	13

1	Yellow cards	1

0	Red cards	0

Sabah FA

Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Manager: V. Dambrauskas

Starting XI

S. Pokatilovgoalkeeper
T. Puchaczdefender
A. McCarthydefender
R. Daşdəmirovdefender
A. Zedadkadefender
I. Lepinjicamidfielder
U. Rahmonaliyevmidfielder
C. Nwachukwumidfielder
V. Simićmidfielder
K. Parrismidfielder
J. Mickelsforward

Substitutes

A. Isaev
A. Ramazanov
A. Xaybulayev
Cafar Mukhtarov
Du Queiroz
Erivaldo Almeida
P. Mbina
R. Mirzəmmədov
R. Rüstəmli
Rodrigo Fernandes
T. Mütəllimov

Week 1 of the season. This prediction was computed from previous seasons. Summer transfers, budget changes and squad rebuilds aren't in the ratings yet — the model can only see that a team has been rebuilt once new results come in.

We measured this and we're not hiding it: in the opening week of past seasons the model came in 3.3 points below the accuracy it claimed (n=220) — for the rest of the season it beats its own claim. The tendency points this way, though it is not proof on its own: in the opening week it slightly over-calls home wins (said 42.7%, got 39.5%) and slightly under-calls draws (said 26.1%, got 28.2%).

This sample is small and not statistically established, which is why we do not correct the model for it. The correction we tried (pulling probabilities toward the league average) didn't win on holdout, so it wasn't added. Read opening-week predictions with a little more caution.