Como beat Lens 9-1 in France on November 4, matching the Champions League record winning margin and setting a new mark for away victories, UEFA confirmed. Tasos Douvikas scored three times for Cesc Fàbregas’s team at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on the fourth matchday of the league phase.
UEFA’s November 5 review places the eight-goal margin alongside Liverpool’s 8-0 win over Beşiktaş in 2007 and Real Madrid’s 8-0 defeat of Malmö in 2015. Como also became only the second club to score nine in a Champions League game, after Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in 2024.
Reuters reported that Douvikas struck in the seventh, 32nd and 57th minutes. Como led 3-0 at half-time before extending their advantage after the break. Ruben Aguilar scored for Lens when the visitors were already seven goals ahead, while Matteo Papaccioli completed the scoring in added time.
Opta’s analysis credited Como with 18 shots, including 12 on target, and assists on all nine goals. Eleven different players scored or assisted, a competition record according to the data provider. Nico Paz, Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali and Martin Baturina also scored.
Lens coach Yannick Cahuzac told Canal+, according to Reuters, that his team had been outplayed in every area and that the result went beyond the tactical plan. Reuters placed Lens 33rd among the 36 teams, with three points from four games, at the halfway stage of the league phase.
Como, playing their first European campaign, have nine points and 19 goals from four games, according to Opta. Their remaining league-phase opponents are AEK Athens at home, Real Betis away, Paris Saint-Germain at home and Barcelona away. The Italian side therefore still face four matches in their bid to progress.
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