Juventus vs. Manchester City, 2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Final Score 5-2 as City Runs Rampant in Orlando

Manchester City from the English Premier League dominated Italian Serie A side Juventus in a comprehensive 5-2 win in front of an announced crowd of 54,320 at Camping World Stadium on the final match day of Group G play. There were five different goal scorers for the Sky Blues, including an own goal by the Italian side. The scoreline was tight for the first 45 minutes, but City blew the game open after the break.

Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, and Savinho all scored for City, which also got an own goal from Pierre Kalulu. Teun Koopmeiners and Dusan Vlahovic found the net for Juventus.

With the win, Manchester City wins Group G and will face the runner-up from Group H here Monday night. City won all three matches and look like a contender to take home the trophy if the Premier League side can continue getting performances like this one.

Bernardo Silva got the game’s first good look with an open header in the box on a cross from Rayan Ait-Nouri. Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was up to the early challenge, fighting it off. The play may have been offside in the buildup anyway. It was the first salvo in a wide-open start to the game.

Doku put the Engish side ahead just nine minutes in, taking a wonderful through ball from Ait-Nouri, cutting inside Kalulu, and curling his shot past Di Gregorio to make it 1-0 City.

Vlahovic missed a golden opportunity from the penalty spot just seconds after the restart, taking a pass from his right and scuffing his shot wide left.

The miss hardly mattered in the end, because Koopmeiners leveled it after a poor pass from Ederson on the ensuing goal kick. The goalkeeper missed his center back wide and Koopmeiners intercepted, and slotted home to tie the match in the 11th minute.

Kalulu’s nightmare didn’t end with Doku roasting him on the first goal. The French defender scored an awful own goal on a routine cross in from Man City’s attacking right side in the 26th minute, restoring the lead for the EPL giants.

Omar Marmoush nearly made it 3-1 in the 31st minute, shooting through traffic from the left. Di Gregorio was able to get to it, but only because the shot lacked power. More pace on the attempt would have had the English side up a pair of goals just prior to the first-half hydration break.

Man City’s dominance in possession started producing more scoring chances as halftime approached. Silva cut inside left to right in the 39th minute and fired a shot, but he hit it right at the goalkeeper. Two minutes later, Ait-Nouri sent in a bouncing effort toward the back post from the left. Di Gregorio didn’t initially see it but was able to fight it off as the skies opened up and the heavy rain poured down. Marmoush had the last good look at goal and sent a blistering shot toward the right post. Di Gregorio got a diving touch to it to send it inches wide of the post. City could not pay off the corner kick and the half ended with the English side ahead 2-1 on the Kalulu own goal.

Manchester City dominated the halftime stats, holding the advantage in shots (14-3), shots on target (5-1), corners (5-1), passing accuracy (93.4%-77.3%)

Erling Haaland subbed on at the break, raising the star power of the match. Juventus seemed more energized to start the second half, but Man City quickly re-established its territorial dominance.

Doku cut inside from the left and blasted a shot wide at the end of the 50th minute. Haaland got on the scoresheet a minute later. Matheus Nunes got goal side of his defender on the right side. He found a charging Haaland in front of goal, and even though he made a mess of his first touch, the Norwegian international managed to bundle it over the goal line to make it 3-1.

Kenan Yildiz fired wide from the top of the area after a brief spell of Juventus attacking possession shortly after the third Man City goal, wasting an opportunity to pull Juventus back within striking distance. In the 67th minute, Juventus should have found that lifeline back into the game. Vlahovic got in behind the defense and tried to chip Ederson, but the goalkeeper reacted quickly to get his hand up just enough to knock it down and keep it 3-1.

Second-half sub Phil Foden punished Juventus for the miss two minutes later. Haaland played a ball in on right side that Foden couldn’t reach, but it was laid right back onto his foot by Savinho for an easy finish. Foden’s goal made it 4-1 and effectively ended things for Juventus.

Despite the game being more or less out of reach, City wasn’t done scoring. Off a recycled corner kick in the 75th minute, Di Gregorio made a huge save to deny Haaland in close, but Savinho scored on the rebound with a blast from outside the area that hit the bottom of the crossbar and went in to make it 5-1.

Juventus got a consolation goal when Yildiz sent in a fantastic ball to put Vlahovic in on goal. The Serbian blasted his shot past Ederson and in to cap the scoring in the 84th minute. There was a lengthy check to see if Vlahovic was offside, but he was just kept on and the goal stood.

Rayan Cherki got in behind early in stoppage time and should have made it 6-2, but Di Gregorio came up with another big save to prevent further embarrassment for the Italians. Moments later, the final whistle mercifully ended things.

City dominated the final statistics, just as it did at halftime, finishing with more possession (74%-26%), shots (23-7), shots on target (10-3), corners (7-1), and passing accuracy (92.9%-78.5%).

The group stage matches are over in Orlando, but the City Beautiful will host two knockout games. Manchester City will face the Group H runner-up, which will be decided tonight. If there is a winner between Real Madrid and Red Bull Salzburg, that team would win the group. Al-Hillal is still alive, just two points back, and could win the group with a win over Pachuca and a draw in the other match, depending on the final score.