Paris Saint-Germain moved into sole first place in the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League league-phase table by beating Villarreal 6-0 in Spain on Tuesday night, RMC Sport reported, taking the French champions to 12 points with a goal difference of +15 after four matchdays.
The result means PSG have now completed half of the eight-match league phase that decides which 36 clubs advance to the knockout rounds, and they lead the single 36-team standings ahead of a six-club group tied on nine points that includes Barcelona, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Sporting CP and Real Betis.
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Halfway through the league phase, the table is taking shape
With matchday 4 played this week, all 36 clubs in the competition have reached the 50% mark of the league phase, and the standings are no longer just early trends, RMC Sport reported. Each club plays eight matches against eight different opponents — four at home and four away — with two opponents drawn from each of the four seeding pots, according to the competition format described by footmercato.net.
PSG’s 6-0 victory at Villarreal’s stadium was described by RMC Sport as a historic performance, and it consolidated the Paris club’s position at the top of the table. The notation in the standings indicating one additional match played for PSG reflects that some clubs have already completed an extra fixture relative to others at this stage, RMC Sport’s table shows.
Lille earn first point in Arctic conditions; Lens still to play
Lille, meanwhile, traveled to the far north of the Arctic Circle and failed to break down the Norwegian defense in difficult weather conditions, settling for a 0-0 draw away to Bodø/Glimt, RMC Sport reported. The point was Lille’s first of the campaign, leaving the French club on one point with a goal difference of -6.
RC Lens were still to play their matchday 4 fixture on Wednesday at 21:00 against Como in Italy. Lens stood on three points with a goal difference of -4 in the table published as the week’s early matches concluded.
Full Champions League standings after matchday 4
The complete table reported by RMC Sport and corroborated by cnews.fr is as follows:
| Pos | Club | Points | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | +15 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 9 | +8 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 9 | +6 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 9 | +5 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 9 | +5 |
| 6 | Sporting CP | 9 | +4 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 9 | +3 |
| 8 | Bayern Munich | 8 | +7 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 7 | +4 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 7 | +3 |
| 11 | Como | 6 | +5 |
| 12 | Manchester City | 6 | +4 |
| 13 | Club Brugge | 6 | +3 |
| 14 | Inter Milan | 6 | +2 |
| 15 | LASK | 6 | +1 |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | +1 |
| 17 | Manchester United | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | Galatasaray | 6 | -1 |
| 19 | AS Roma | 4 | +2 |
| 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | PSV Eindhoven | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Atlético Madrid | 4 | -1 |
| 23 | Bodø/Glimt | 4 | -5 |
| 24 | Napoli | 3 | -2 |
| 25 | Sabah | 3 | -3 |
| 26 | RC Lens | 3 | -4 |
| 27 | RB Leipzig | 3 | -5 |
| 28 | AEK Athens | 3 | -5 |
| 29 | Villarreal | 3 | -6 |
| 30 | Feyenoord | 3 | -7 |
| 31 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | -6 |
| 32 | Slavia Prague | 1 | -3 |
| 33 | Viking | 1 | -4 |
| 34 | Lille | 1 | -6 |
| 35 | Porto | 0 | -4 |
| 36 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | -16 |
Several clubs in the table are marked as having played one additional match, which is why the points totals do not line up neatly with the matchday count for every team, as RMC Sport’s standings indicate.
How the league phase decides who advances
Under the format laid out by footmercato.net, the eight matches of the league phase are worth three points for a win and one for a draw. After matchday 8, the top eight clubs in the single standings qualify directly for the round of 16. Clubs finishing ninth through 24th enter a two-legged playoff round, with the ninth through 16th placed clubs seeded. Clubs finishing 25th through 36th are eliminated with no fallback into the UEFA Europa League.
Tiebreakers that could decide tight groups at the top
That matters most in the cluster of six clubs on nine points behind PSG, where goal difference — Barcelona’s +8, Aston Villa’s +6, Liverpool’s and Real Madrid’s +5, Sporting’s +4 and Betis’s +3 — is already separating teams that could otherwise be tied.
The knockout calendar and the 2027 final in Madrid
According to the calendar published by footmercato.net, the eight league-phase matchdays run from September 2026 to 27 January 2027. Matchday 5 is scheduled for 24-25 November 2026, matchday 6 for 8-9 December 2026, matchday 7 for 19-20 January 2027, and the final league matchday for 27 January 2027.
What comes next for the French clubs
Lens complete their matchday 4 schedule on Wednesday at 21:00 against Como, a match that could move the French club up from 26th on three points. PSG, with 12 points and a +15 goal difference, hold a three-point cushion over the nine-point group with half the league phase still to play, while Lille, on one point after the draw in Norway, face a climb from 34th to reach the playoff places.
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