Etihad Stadium
Matchday essentials
Everything you need to know before visiting Etihad Stadium
- •The Etihad Stadium is cashless: kiosks, retail stands and concessions take card or contactless only.
- •Only handheld bags up to A4 size are allowed; backpacks and rucksacks of any size are refused.
- •After the match, Holt Town, Velopark and Clayton Hall tram stops close toward the city center; post-match city-center shuttle buses leave from Ashton New Road.
- •Parts of Ashton New Road, Grey Mare Lane and Merrill Street close for about 20 minutes after the match.
Transit
- →Metrolink (Bury–Ashton-under-Lyne and Altrincham–Etihad Campus services) — Etihad Campus, next to the stadium
- →Bee Network buses 216, 230, 231 (from Piccadilly Gardens) and 53 — Ashton New Road / Alan Turing Way, 2-minute walk
- →Match Day Buses (TfGM with Man City, 18 routes) — direct to the Etihad Stadium
- →National Rail — Manchester Piccadilly, 25-minute signposted step-free walk
Parking
Official car parks at the ground must be pre-booked, match by match. A strictly enforced resident parking scheme covers surrounding streets; TfGM suggests free tram Park and Ride at Ashton Moss or Ashton West.
Wheelchair positions with adjacent PA seats are in all stands, and there is a sensory room. Assistance dogs are welcome, induction loops are at receptions, the ticket office, club shop and signed kiosks, and audio-descriptive headsets must be requested 72 hours ahead.
Checked against: tfgm.com · visitmanchester.com · levelplayingfield.org.uk · mancity.com · manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Nearby attractions
Places to eat, drink, and explore around Etihad Stadium
New district next to the stadium with a hotel, restaurants and bars, opening in phases from September 2026.
Indoor arena on the Etihad Campus next to the stadium, opened in May 2024.
Pub on Albert Street in Beswick, south of the stadium.
England's national football museum in the city-center Urbis building; admission charged since 2019.
Gallery
Views of Etihad Stadium
Etihad Stadium and the Campus from above
City Square fan zone in full swing
Inside the bowl under the lights
Upcoming at this ground
About this ground
Capacity
61,038
Surface
Hybrid surface
Opened
2002
Address
Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 3FF
Also known as
City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands
Home Club
Stature
Major finals
1 final match: UEFA Cup 2008.
Big nights, 2021–26
27 continental and national-team matches: Champions League 27.
How it's measured
Each measure is a percentile rank among GoalPost's 222 stadium pages, and the stature is their average. Major finals: a World Cup, European Championship or Champions League final counts three; a Copa América, Copa Libertadores, Europa League or Club World Cup final two; a Conference League, Copa Sudamericana, Africa Cup of Nations, Asian Cup or Gold Cup final one; a final over two legs is shared between its grounds, and a ground built on an older one's site counts from its own opening (the old Wembley's finals are not the new one's). Big nights: continental club and national-team matches since July 2021, from GoalPost's archive. Home club: the best GoalPost Rating (GPR) among the clubs that play here. This season's matches are shown, not ranked.
Home advantage
2021–22 to 2025–26
Home sides in the Premier League outscore visitors by 0.27 goals a game (1,900 league matches): they win 44%, draw 24% and lose 32%.
- MLS+0.45
- Brasileirão+0.40
- Scottish Premiership+0.37
- Eredivisie+0.36
- La Liga+0.36
- Bundesliga+0.36
- Swiss Super League+0.35
- Liga MX+0.34
- Süper Lig+0.34
- Argentina+0.31
- Belgian Pro League+0.29
- Championship+0.29
- 2. Bundesliga+0.28
- Primeira Liga+0.28
- Greek Super League+0.27
- Serie B+0.27
- Premier League+0.27
- Ligue 1+0.26
- Saudi Pro League+0.21
- Serie A+0.18
Home side's goals minus the visitors', a game; the line is the 95% interval.
In the Premier League, none of the spread between clubs' home records over these seasons is more than chance would make it, so GoalPost doesn't rank grounds by home advantage.
How it's measured
Every regular-season match of the five seasons in GoalPost's archive: the home side's goals minus the visitors', averaged, with its 95% interval. For the clubs, each one's goal difference a game at home is set against its own away, where it meets the same opponents, so its strength cancels out; the question is how much of the spread between clubs that leaves is more than five seasons of chance would produce.
| League | Goals a game | Home wins | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLS | +0.45 ± 0.07 | 47% | 2,486 |
| Brasileirão | +0.40 ± 0.07 | 47% | 1,900 |
| Scottish Premiership | +0.37 ± 0.11 | 46% | 1,035 |
| Eredivisie | +0.36 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,530 |
| La Liga | +0.36 ± 0.07 | 46% | 1,900 |
| Bundesliga | +0.36 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,530 |
| Swiss Super League | +0.35 ± 0.12 | 44% | 969 |
| Liga MX | +0.34 ± 0.08 | 45% | 1,530 |
| Süper Lig | +0.34 ± 0.08 | 46% | 1,749 |
| Liga Profesional | +0.31 ± 0.06 | 43% | 2,304 |
| Belgian Pro League | +0.29 ± 0.10 | 43% | 1,390 |
| Championship | +0.29 ± 0.06 | 44% | 2,760 |
| 2. Bundesliga | +0.28 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,530 |
| Primeira Liga | +0.28 ± 0.09 | 43% | 1,530 |
| Greek Super League | +0.27 ± 0.12 | 43% | 934 |
| Serie B | +0.27 ± 0.07 | 41% | 1,900 |
| Premier League | +0.27 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,900 |
| Ligue 1 | +0.26 ± 0.09 | 44% | 1,677 |
| Saudi Pro League | +0.21 ± 0.10 | 44% | 1,398 |
| Serie A | +0.18 ± 0.08 | 40% | 1,900 |
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