Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid each completed their fourth straight victory in the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League phase, leaving both atop the standings with 12 points after all 18 matches in matchday 4 were played on Nov. 3 and 4, according to footballchannel.jp.
The headline result belonged to Como, which hammered RC Lens 9-1 to surge into fourth place at the tournament’s halfway mark — while Liverpool suffered its first defeat of the campaign and dropped to eighth.
PSG Lead With 20 Goals in Four Games
PSG sit first in the league-phase table with four wins from four and a goal difference of plus-15, having scored 20 goals and conceded five, footballchannel.jp reported. The French champions beat Manchester City 4-2 in matchday 2, Barcelona 4-2 in matchday 3 and Villarreal 6-0 in matchday 4.
Real Madrid Win Late Against AEK Athens
Real Madrid, also with 12 points, are second. They opened with a 2-1 win over Inter Milan and later beat Roma and RB Leipzig. In matchday 4 they came from behind twice against AEK Athens, with midfielder Federico Valverde scoring the winner in stoppage time to seal a 3-2 victory, the Japanese outlet reported.
Arsenal Unbeaten in Third; Como Jump to Fourth
Arsenal are third with 10 points from three wins and a draw, still unbeaten. Fourth place went to Serie A side Como, managed by Cesc Fàbregas, who beat Manchester United 4-1 in matchday 3 and then RC Lens 9-1 on matchday 4.
The UEFA Champions League standings after a wild Round 4. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid lead the league phase table with a perfect 12 points.#UCL #ChampionsLeague #PSG #RealMadrid #Arsenal #Standings pic.twitter.com/pMrKXV0WDg
Liverpool’s First Loss Drops Them to Eighth
Liverpool, after starting with three straight wins, lost 2-3 at Fenerbahçe in matchday 4 despite taking the lead twice, slipping to eighth place on nine points, according to footballchannel.jp. Barcelona, beaten 2-4 by PSG earlier in the phase, bounced back with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa to sit fifth; Villa’s three-win start ended but they remain sixth on goal difference. Manchester City, beaten by PSG in matchday 2, won their other games and are seventh with nine points.
Bayern, Inter and Manchester United Mid-Table; Japanese Players Struggling
Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid 2-0 to stay unbeaten at two wins and two draws, but only 13th on eight points. Inter Milan are 15th and Manchester United 17th. Among Japanese players, PSV Eindhoven — whose Kōdai Sano scored his first Champions League goal — lost 1-2 to Club Brugge and sit 24th on four points; Tsuyoshi Watanabe’s Feyenoord are 32nd, Ayase Ueda’s Lille 35th and Daiki Matsuoka’s Slovan Bratislava 36th, footballchannel.jp reported. Yahoo News Japan carried the same matchday 4 results.
Four Matchdays Remain as Standings Stakes Clarify
Under the league-phase format, the top eight clubs advance directly to the round of 16, teams ranked ninth through 24th enter a playoff round, and clubs 25th and below are eliminated. With four matchdays remaining, the battle for those positions is tightening around the cutoff line.
The league phase resumes in its fifth matchday later this month, with the final standings to be settled after matchday 8.
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