New Record Goals in the Second Matchday of the UEFA Champions League

Record number of goals in the Champions League with a second matchday that left an unprecedented figure confirming the explosive nature of this edition

A second day full of goals

The second matchday of the 2026/27 Champions League, held between Tuesday and Wednesday, broke the record for goals in the top continental competition, with 78 goals in the 18 matches played.

This record surpasses the mark of 71 goals in the eighteen matches played on the third day of the previous season.

The greatest result

The biggest rout was recorded at Villa Park with the victory of Aston Villa, coached by Spanish manager Unai Emery, over Fenerbahce by 6-0, although the match with the most goals was the one in which Andoni Iraola's Liverpool triumphed away against LASK Linz by 3-6.

There were two matches in which seven goals were recorded, in the away victories of Bruges and Real Madrid by 3-4 against Inter Milan and Roma, while six goals were scored in Viking-Bayern Munich (3-3) and Manchester City-PSG (2-4); and five in Galatasaray-Barcelona (1-4), Feyenoord-Como (3-2), and Betis-Porto (3-2).

The ones with fewer goals

The matches with the fewest goals were the 1-0 victories of RB Leipzig over PSV Eindhoven and Bodo/Glimt over Borussia Dortmund.

Apart from the Dutch and German teams, Lens, Slavia Prague, Lille, Manchester United, and Fenerbahçe also failed to score this matchday.

In the scoring chapter, Luis Enrique's PSG, the leader of the standings, is the team that has scored the most goals, with ten, one more than the two teams that follow, Barcelona and Aston Villa, and two more than Liverpool and Bayern Munich. EFE