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Como Beats Lens 9⁠–⁠1

Douvikas scores a hat-trick as Como matches the biggest Champions League winning margin and becomes the first side to score nine away.

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Anastasios Douvikas scored three times as Como beat Lens 9–1 away, matching the biggest winning margin in Champions League history and becoming the first team to score nine goals on the road in the competition.

Cesc Fàbregas's side, in its first Champions League season, led 3–0 at halftime through two goals from Douvikas and one from Nico Paz. Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Douvikas, Mattia Liberali, Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli scored after the break, and Ruben Aguilar's volley gave Lens its only goal.

Only Bayern Munich, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 9–2 in 2024, had previously scored nine in a Champions League game. Liverpool and Real Madrid each won 8–0 at home. Como has three wins from four matches, after earlier 4–1 home wins over RB Leipzig and Manchester United.

Real Madrid preserved a perfect league-phase start with a 3–2 win at AEK Athens on Federico Valverde's stoppage-time strike.

Anastasios Douvikas scored three times as Como beat Lens 9⁠–⁠1 away, matching the biggest winning margin in Champions League history and becoming the first team to score nine goals on the road in the competition.

Cesc Fàbregas's side, in its first Champions League season, led 3⁠–⁠0 at halftime through Douvikas in the seventh and 32nd minutes and Nico Paz in the 40th.

Lucas Da Cunha made it 4⁠–⁠0 just after the restart, Marc-Oliver Kempf headed the fifth, and Douvikas completed his hat-trick for 6⁠–⁠0.

Substitute Mattia Liberali scored the seventh before Ruben Aguilar's volley gave Lens its only goal. Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli finished the scoring.

Only Bayern Munich, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 9⁠–⁠2 in 2024, had previously scored nine in a Champions League game; Liverpool and Real Madrid each won 8⁠–⁠0 at home.

Como has three wins from four matches after earlier 4⁠–⁠1 home wins over RB Leipzig and Manchester United.

Real Madrid preserved a perfect league-phase start with a 3⁠–⁠2 win at AEK Athens on Federico Valverde's stoppage-time strike after Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé had cancelled AEK leads.

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