On November 4, 2026, at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France, Como won 9–1 away from home in the Champions League. The striking detail is not simply that the Italian side scored nine. Its eight-goal advantage matched the competition’s biggest winning margin in the Champions League era, while setting a new benchmark for an away victory.
Nine goals, eight goals clear
UEFA’s updated record list places Como alongside Liverpool’s 8–0 win over Beşiktaş in 2007 and Real Madrid’s 8–0 victory against Malmö in 2015. Those two results came at home. Como reached the same margin on someone else’s pitch, turning a remarkable scoreline into a distinct away record.
The arithmetic matters. A 9–1 win and an 8–0 win both leave the winning team eight goals ahead. Como therefore equalled the overall margin rather than surpassing it. Scoring more goals does not automatically mean a bigger victory when the other side also scores.
There is another comparison: Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb 9–2 in 2024. Como became only the second team to score nine in a Champions League match, but its eight-goal advantage was one greater than Bayern’s seven. Brazilian outlet ge’s report independently sets out those historical comparisons.
A team result with seven scorers
The goals came from across the side. Tasos Douvikas scored a hat-trick, while Nico Paz, Lucas da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali, Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli each added one. Seven different scorers produced the nine-goal total, with Douvikas accounting for three and six teammates supplying the rest.
Como led 3–0 at half-time and scored six more after the interval. Lens’ only reply came from Ruben Aguilar. As Corriere dello Sport’s match report describes, the visitors kept adding goals through to stoppage time, when Papaccioli completed the scoring. The final goal extended an already huge win to the record-equalling margin.
The importance of the era
The historical scope needs care. This was a record away win in the Champions League era, not the first time nine goals had been scored away in the competition’s older European Cup form. Opta’s analysis identifies Feyenoord’s 9–0 win at Olympiakos Nicosia in September 1971 as the previous nine-goal away example.
That distinction keeps two achievements clear: Como joined the modern competition’s biggest overall wins, and established its biggest away margin. The result also moved Como to nine points from four league-phase matches, following its 4–1 victory over Manchester United in the previous round.
For one evening, the comparison stopped being about how newcomers might cope. Como’s score belonged beside Liverpool and Real Madrid in the record list. The memorable number was nine; the record-equalling difference was eight.
Sources and further reading
- UEFA — biggest Champions League wins
- Opta Analyst — David Segar’s statistical analysis
- ge — independent report and historical comparisons
- Corriere dello Sport — full match report
