Como beat Lens 9–1 in France on November 4, recording the biggest away win in the UEFA Champions League proper and equalling its largest winning margin of eight goals. Tasos Douvikas scored a hat-trick in the league-phase match at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. UEFA places the result alongside Liverpool’s and Real Madrid’s 8–0 home wins for the margin record.

The result came in only the fourth Champions League match of Como’s debut campaign. They led 3–0 at half-time and added six after the break, while Lens scored once. The nine-goal performance is historic, but the records require three separate measures: Como’s goals, the winning margin and the total scored by both teams.

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UEFA’s match report and record list. Figures refer to the Champions League proper; winning margin, one team’s goals and match total are separate measures. View full-size graphic ↗

How three first-half goals became nine

Douvikas scored twice before Nico Paz added Como’s third before the interval, according to UEFA’s round-up. Lucas Da Cunha scored soon after the restart, Marc-Oliver Kempf headed in, and Douvikas completed his hat-trick. Mattia Liberali then added another for the visitors.

Ruben Aguilar scored Lens’ goal with a volley before Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli added Como’s eighth and ninth. Lens’ reply is material to the record: the final score gives Como an eight-goal advantage, even though they scored nine. It was not a nine-goal clean-sheet victory.

Three records that the score separates

UEFA lists 9–1 as an eight-goal margin, matching Liverpool’s 8–0 against Beşiktaş on November 6, 2007 and Real Madrid’s 8–0 against Malmö on December 8, 2015. Those earlier games were home wins; Como’s result is the competition’s largest away victory. The scope is the Champions League proper.

Como also became the second team to score nine in one game after Bayern Munich’s 9–2 win over GNK Dinamo in September 2024. Bayern’s margin was seven. Lens and Como scored ten between them, below Borussia Dortmund’s 8–4 win over Legia Warszawa in November 2016, which UEFA lists as a twelve-goal match. Team goals, margin and total therefore identify different achievements.

Nine points at the league phase’s midway point

UEFA’s completed table shows Como fourth with nine points from four games: three wins, one defeat, nineteen goals scored and six conceded, for a goal difference of plus thirteen. The official match centre and round-up linked below provide the result, table and player information together. That is the position after this match, rather than a guarantee of a final qualifying place.

UEFA’s Technical Observer Group credited Douvikas with three goals and an assist when naming him Player of the Match. Coach Cesc Fàbregas said the players’ attitude had remained consistent even after their defeat to Feyenoord. His explanation is an attributed assessment; the next test is whether Como turn this scoring platform into further points and defensive consistency. The record night establishes what they achieved at Lens, while later results determine how far it carries them.

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