Como Equal Champions League Record With Stunning 9-1 Win at Lens
Como won 9-1 at Lens to equal the biggest Champions League victory margin, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring a hat-trick in a five-goal surge.
Some wins change a table. This one entered the record books. Como’s 9-1 win at Lens equalled the biggest victory margin in Champions League history and showed, in the most emphatic way, why their place near the top of the standings is no accident.
Highlights
- Como won 9-1 at Lens, equalling the biggest Champions League victory margin
- Anastasios Douvikas scored a hat-trick, with Como leading 3-0 at half-time
- Como climbed to fourth on nine points; Lens are 33rd on three points
The scale is confirmed by Reuters, 4 November 2026, which reported Como equalled the biggest victory in Champions League history with a 9-1 win at Lens, consolidating their place in the top eight with a third victory in four matches.
A record margin, matched not chased
Reuters noted Como matched the eight-goal winning margins recorded by Liverpool and Real Madrid in 8-0 home victories over Besiktas and Malmo respectively, and became only the second team after Bayern Munich to score nine goals in a Champions League match (Reuters, 4 November 2026). Doing it away from home separates it further: Reuters said Como were the first team to score nine away in the European Cup since 1971.
That kind of away statement echoes, in a different competition, Al Nassr’s 6-2 win over Pakhtakor — but Como’s margin puts it in a category of its own.
Five goals in 22 minutes after the break
The game was already slipping away at half-time. Reuters reported Como led 3-0 at half-time, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring twice, before striking another five goals in a 22-minute spell after the break (Reuters, 4 November 2026). Douvikas completed his hat-trick during that surge.
Lens did answer briefly. Reuters reported Ruben Aguilar pulled one back for Lens before Matteo Papaccioli rounded off the rout in stoppage time (Reuters, 4 November 2026).
What the table now says
Reuters reported Como climbed to fourth in the standings on nine points, while Lens, who suffered the heaviest defeat by a French club in the competition, are 33rd with three points (Reuters, 4 November 2026). Reuters also noted Como followed their 4-1 victory over Manchester United with this performance.
For readers following the wider European picture, compare the control Como showed with the chaos in Newcastle’s defeat to Everton in the Premier League — two very different ways a match can run away from a home side.
What will linger is not only the margin but the manner of it. Como did not sit on an early lead or wait for Lens to collapse; they kept attacking in waves, kept the tempo high after half-time, and treated every counter-attack as another chance to make history. That ruthlessness is what turns a good European night into a landmark one, and it sends a clear message to every team still to face them in this phase.
