The Matchday
Champions League matchday 2 in numbers: form, head-to-heads and margins match by match
Eighteen matches on 13 and 14 October: PSG have scored 6 goals, form covers just one match, and some head-to-heads come from the Europa League. The margin comparison also shows match coverage.
Published 9 October 2026
The Champions League returns on 13 and 14 October with 18 matches. Paris Saint-Germain have the round's best attack, with 6 goals, and face Manchester City, still on 0 goals conceded. Standings and form cover just one match per side: they describe the opening game, not a trend.
How much the margin costs, operator by operator
The table shows median, lowest and highest margins on the full-time result. Coverage varies: only Betsson prices Sabah-Slavia Prague and Betflag does not price Viking-Bayern Munich, so the medians describe different samples.
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 17 | 4.98% | 4.24% | 5.33% |
| Betsson | 18 | 5.74% | 5.37% | 6.15% |
| Betflag | 16 | 6.80% | 5.87% | 7.79% |
Measured on 9 October 2026 at 14:49, Italian time. Source: official operator feeds, via api.oddsonar.com. The match-by-match comparison covers only the 16 matches with all three outcomes available for Netwin, Betsson and Betflag.
In this sample, Netwin has the lowest margin in all 16 matches. The gap between highest and lowest margin ranges from 0.70 percentage points on Roma-Real Madrid to 3.43 on Galatasaray-Barcelona. These figures describe the stated snapshot: the odds table further down shows current prices.
Manchester City-Paris Saint-Germain: opening-game attack and defence
Both won and have 3 points: PSG are first, City eighth. Goals scored are 6 and 2, goals conceded 1 and 0. In the archive's six most recent meetings, all in the Champions League, City won four and PSG two. The latest was PSG's 4-2 win in January 2025.
Galatasaray-Barcelona and LASK-Liverpool: Europa League head-to-heads
Galatasaray-Barcelona brings together sides on 0 and 3 points; Barcelona have scored 5 goals. Both available meetings were in the Europa League: a draw and a Barcelona win. The most recent was in March 2022.
For LASK-Liverpool too, the archive holds only Europa League meetings: two Liverpool wins, the latest in November 2023. In this Champions League campaign, LASK lost their opener without scoring; Liverpool won, with 2 goals scored and 1 conceded.
Roma, Napoli and Atlético: how far back the meetings go
- Roma-Real Madrid — Roma have 1 point, Real 3. All four available meetings were in the Champions League and all were won by Real; the latest was in November 2018.
- Villarreal-Napoli — both on 0 points, with Villarreal scoring 2 goals and Napoli 0. Both meetings in the archive were Champions League wins for Napoli; the latest was in December 2011.
- Atlético Madrid-Manchester United — Atlético have 0 points, United 3, with 4 goals scored and 0 conceded. The two Champions League meetings produced an Atlético win and a draw. The most recent was in March 2022.
The other matches, briefly
- Lens-Sporting — both won, with 3 points and 3 goals scored each.
- Sabah-Slavia Prague — both lost and have 0 points; goals conceded: 4 and 3.
- Arsenal-Lille — Arsenal have 3 points and 0 goals conceded; Lille have 0 points.
- Inter-Club Brugge — both lost and have 0 points, with 2 and 3 goals conceded.
- RB Leipzig-PSV — Leipzig lost and have 0 points; PSV drew and have 1.
- Viking-Bayern Munich — Viking have 0 points; Bayern are second on 3, with 5 goals scored and 0 conceded.
- Feyenoord-Como — Feyenoord have 0 points and 5 goals conceded; Como are fifth on 3 points, with 4 goals scored.
- Aston Villa-Fenerbahçe — Villa won their opener and have 3 points; Fenerbahçe drew and have 1.
- Bodø/Glimt-Borussia Dortmund — 0 points against 3. The only available meeting was a 2-2 Champions League draw in December 2025.
- Real Betis-Porto — Betis have 3 points and 3 goals scored; Porto have 0 points and 0 goals scored.
- Shakhtar Donetsk-AEK Athens — Shakhtar have 1 point; AEK have 3, with 0 goals conceded.
- Slovan Bratislava-Stuttgart — Slovan have 0 points and the round's leakiest defence, with 6 goals conceded; Stuttgart have 3 points. The only available meeting was Stuttgart's 1-3 Champions League win in January 2025.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for these matches, read now from the official feeds. The outcome-by-outcome comparison across all operators is on the odds page.
No match from this competition is in the listing right now.
How to read these numbers
Standings and form come from ESPN. The sample is one match per side, so goal averages also reflect that single game. Head-to-heads come from the openfootball archive and are available for 8 of the 18 fixtures. We do not cite them for the others: the archive's coverage does not reconstruct the entire history of these meetings.
How margins vary across competitions: How much the margin changes between leagues