Barcelona, Sporting CP and Arsenal are the only teams with two wins from two in the Champions League table after Tuesday night, though Wednesday’s nine fixtures could soon crowd the top. Barcelona lead on goal difference (+7) after beating Galatasaray 4-1 in Istanbul, while Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Lille left them as the only side to have played twice without conceding.
- Champions League table: full standings after Tuesday’s games
- Tuesday’s Matchday 2 results at a glance
- Barcelona recover in Istanbul to go top
- Arsenal break Lille with three goals in seven minutes
- Suárez makes history as Sporting CP win at Lens
- Bayern held, Inter beaten and United out-fought
- Wednesday’s fixtures could reshape the top of the table
- What comes next on Matchday 3
Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 league phase finishes tonight, Wednesday 14 October, with Manchester City hosting Paris Saint-Germain as the headline game. So the standings below mix 18 clubs that have played twice with 18 that have played once.
Champions League table: full standings after Tuesday’s games
Barcelona top the Champions League table on six points and a +7 goal difference, with Sporting CP and Arsenal level on six. Positions follow the live standings feed, and any club showing one game played is still waiting for its Matchday 2 fixture.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 |
| 6 | Como | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 10 | Villarreal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 13 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 14 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 17 | AEK Athens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 18 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Lens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 20 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Sabah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Roma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | PSV Eindhoven | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 26 | Viking | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 |
| 27 | LASK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 28 | Inter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 |
| 29 | Porto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 30 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 31 | Napoli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 32 | Lille | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 33 | Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 34 | Galatasaray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 36 | Bodø/Glimt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
The top eight after Matchday 8 on 27 January 2027 go straight into the last 16. Teams finishing ninth to 24th enter a two-legged play-off round, and everyone from 25th down is eliminated.
Tuesday’s Matchday 2 results at a glance
Nine games produced 32 goals on Tuesday, and three teams kept perfect records.
| Match | Score | Talking point |
|---|---|---|
| Lens vs Sporting CP | 0-2 | Suárez becomes Sporting’s all-time Champions League top scorer in the modern era |
| Sabah vs Slavia Praha | 2-0 | Sabah’s first Champions League win |
| Arsenal vs Lille | 3-0 | Three goals in seven minutes after the hour |
| Atlético Madrid vs Manchester United | 2-0 | Barrios scores inside a minute; Yoro sent off |
| Inter vs Club Brugge | 3-4 | Tresoldi hat-trick at the San Siro |
| Galatasaray vs Barcelona | 1-4 | Barça recover from a goal down |
| RB Leipzig vs PSV Eindhoven | 1-0 | Gruda’s first Champions League goal |
| Viking vs Bayern Munich | 3-3 | Haugen’s late header earns Viking a first point |
| Villarreal vs Napoli | 3-1 | Villarreal end a 12-game winless run |
Barcelona recover in Istanbul to go top
Barcelona went a goal down in Istanbul and left with a 4-1 win that put them first in the Champions League table. Aleksei Batrakov gave Galatasaray the lead on 28 minutes with a deflected effort that came against the run of play. João Cancelo levelled shortly before half-time with a neat finish.
The match turned in about three minutes after the break. Lamine Yamal crossed for Fermín López to head Barcelona in front on 50 minutes, then set up Anthony Gordon to score from close range on 53. Substitute Karim Adeyemi added a fourth with a crisp strike on 65, and Yamal took the player of the match award.
Hansi Flick’s side have scored nine goals in two games, having beaten Feyenoord 5-1 on Matchday 1, and their +7 goal difference is the best in the competition. Galatasaray, beaten 3-1 by Sporting CP in their opener, have conceded seven and sit 34th without a point. Barcelona’s next game is a hard one: Paris Saint-Germain away on Tuesday 20 October.
Arsenal break Lille with three goals in seven minutes
Lille defended well for an hour at the Emirates. Arsenal’s best chance of the first half fell to Bruno Guimarães, but goalkeeper Berke Özer parried his shot and then reacted quickly to claw the rebound away from Viktor Gyökeres.
The breakthrough came on 64 minutes, when Jurriën Timber turned and chipped the ball in from a tight angle. Arsenal then sent on Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard and Kai Havertz in a triple change, and Saka made an immediate mark, crossing for Eberechi Eze to score on 67. He added a goal of his own on 71, sliding in a pass from Havertz. Timber was named player of the match.
The numbers show how one-sided it became. Arsenal had 16 shots, eight of them on target, while Lille managed four shots and none tested the goalkeeper. It was Arsenal’s 14th straight league-phase win in the Champions League, a run that began after a 1-0 defeat at Inter in November 2024, and they are the only side to have played twice without conceding.
The opener at Napoli was tighter on the scoreboard than in the stats. Ødegaard scored the only goal 15 minutes from time, but Arsenal created 4.05 expected goals, their highest total in any Champions League match. Lille, coached by Davide Ancelotti, lost their opener 3-2 to Real Betis after going down to ten men, and they now sit 32nd with no points. Arsenal travel to Bayern Munich on Wednesday 21 October.
Suárez makes history as Sporting CP win at Lens
Luis Suárez scored a clever finish for his seventh Champions League goal, which makes him Sporting CP’s outright all-time top scorer in the modern competition, as Sporting won 2-0 at Lens. It was his eighth goal in all competitions this season, and he has now scored in seven games in a row.
Lens pushed back. Robin Risser turned a Suárez shot round the post, Franjo Ivanović hit the woodwork from distance, and Kaique Pereira had to tip Amadou Haidara’s long-range effort over the bar. Issa Doumbia then settled it, slotting in from a superb through ball by Silas Andersen.
Sporting have scored five and conceded one in two games, having beaten Galatasaray 3-1 on Matchday 1. Lens won 3-2 at Slavia Praha in their opener, but the club has been through upheaval since: Dino Toppmöller was dismissed on 15 September, and Yannick Cahuzac took the job permanently two days later. Sporting host LASK on Wednesday 21 October.
Bayern held, Inter beaten and United out-fought
The leaders were not the only story on Tuesday. Four results changed the shape of the middle and bottom of the Champions League table.
Viking 3-3 Bayern Munich
Gianni Stensness headed Viking in front from a corner inside two minutes, and Peter Christiansen doubled the lead on a first-half counterattack. Harry Kane pulled one back from the penalty spot and levelled with a header after the break, stretching his Champions League scoring run to nine games. Luis Díaz then finished a slick move to put Bayern 3-2 up, but Michael Olise was sent off, and Herman Haugen’s late header gave Viking their first point in the competition. Bayern are fourth on four points.
Inter 3-4 Club Brugge
Nicolò Tresoldi scored a hat-trick at the San Siro. He opened with a penalty, added a second after a fortunate bounce on a quick counter, and completed the treble with a close-range finish. Lautaro Martínez scored twice for Inter, and Romeo Vermant got Brugge’s fourth before Ange-Yoan Bonny’s late goal made for a nervous finish. Inter lost 2-1 to Real Madrid on Matchday 1, so they have no points from two games. Brugge, who lost 3-2 at Aston Villa in their opener, are on three.
Atlético Madrid 2-0 Manchester United
Pablo Barrios scored inside a minute, his effort squirming in under Ayden Heaven. Alejandro Grimaldo and Julián Álvarez both hit the post, and Bruno Fernandes had a curler that clipped the bar at the other end. After Leny Yoro was sent off, substitute Ademola Lookman tapped in to seal it. Álex Baena was player of the match. It was Atlético’s first win after a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool, and United, 4-0 winners over Sabah in their opener, drop to seventh.
Sabah, Villarreal and Leipzig
Debutants Sabah won their first Champions League match, beating Slavia Praha 2-0 in Baku. Kaheem Parris scored on 49 minutes with a first-time curler, and Joy-Lance Mickels sealed it late on a counter. Villarreal ended a run of 12 Champions League games without a win by beating Napoli 3-1: Amir Rrahmani put Napoli ahead after eight minutes, then Georges Mikautadze and Santiago Mouriño scored within four minutes of each other, and Tani Oluwaseyi added the third late on. In Leipzig, Brajan Gruda’s first Champions League goal, a 75th-minute drive from the edge of the box, beat PSV after Maarten Vandevoordt had saved Ivan Perišić’s penalty on 19 minutes.
Wednesday’s fixtures could reshape the top of the table
Up to nine more clubs can reach six points tonight: Como, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Aston Villa, AEK Athens, Borussia Dortmund, Real Betis and Stuttgart, plus whichever side wins Manchester City against Paris Saint-Germain. Kick-off times below are West Africa Time.
| Match | Kick-off (WAT) | Points before kick-off |
|---|---|---|
| Feyenoord vs Como | 17:45 | 0 / 3 |
| LASK vs Liverpool | 17:45 | 0 / 3 |
| Roma vs Real Madrid | 20:00 | 1 / 3 |
| Aston Villa vs Fenerbahçe | 20:00 | 3 / 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk vs AEK Athens | 20:00 | 1 / 3 |
| Bodø/Glimt vs Borussia Dortmund | 20:00 | 0 / 3 |
| Manchester City vs Paris Saint-Germain | 20:00 | 3 / 3 |
| Real Betis vs Porto | 20:00 | 3 / 0 |
| Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart | 20:00 | 0 / 3 |
What comes next on Matchday 3
The two games that stand out on 20 and 21 October pit this week’s leaders against other early pacesetters: Barcelona travel to Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal visit Bayern Munich.
| Date | Match | Kick-off (WAT) |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona | 20:00 |
| Tue 20 Oct | Manchester City vs AEK Athens | 20:00 |
| Tue 20 Oct | Liverpool vs Villarreal | 20:00 |
| Tue 20 Oct | Stuttgart vs Atlético Madrid | 20:00 |
| Wed 21 Oct | Bayern Munich vs Arsenal | 20:00 |
| Wed 21 Oct | Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig | 20:00 |
| Wed 21 Oct | Sporting CP vs LASK | 20:00 |
| Wed 21 Oct | Como vs Manchester United | 17:45 |
