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Champions League matchday 4: what do form, head-to-heads and margins show?
18 matches on 3 and 4 November: five teams on 9 points, Paris Saint-Germain on 14 goals, and margins that need coverage taken into account.
Published 30 October 2026
On 3 and 4 November, 18 Champions League matches. Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis have 9 points; PSG have the round's best attack, with 14 goals. Operators' median margins range from 4.98% to 6.54%, but across different samples.
Standings and form cover every fixture and reflect just three games per team. Head-to-heads are available for only 3 fixtures out of 18: for the others we do not cite any, because they are missing from the archive. Odds load from the feed in the round's match table.
The margin, operator by operator
The margin measures the cost built into prices across the three outcomes. Median, minimum and maximum refer to the matches available for each operator:
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 16 of 18 | 4.98% | 4.61% | 5.44% |
| bwin | 17 of 18 | 5.57% | 5.19% | 6.61% |
| Betsson | 18 of 18 | 5.72% | 5.25% | 6.13% |
| Betflag | 17 of 18 | 6.54% | 6.38% | 7.23% |
Recorded on 30 October 2026 at 18:10, Italian time. Netwin is missing on Shakhtar Donetsk-Sporting CP; only Betsson is available on Viking FK-Sabah FK, so there is no gap between operators to measure.
The match-by-match comparison uses only the 16 fixtures with all four operators quoting all three outcomes. Within this group, Netwin has the lowest margin on 15 matches, bwin on 1. The gap between highest and lowest margins ranges from 1.09 percentage points on LASK Linz-Slovan Bratislava to 1.98 on RB Leipzig-Manchester City.
The previous round, with the figures and margins recorded then: Champions League matchday 3 in numbers: what do form, head-to-heads and margins show?
Five teams on 9 points, all away from home
- Villarreal-Paris Saint-Germain — PSG are first, with three wins from three and 14 goals; Villarreal have 3 points, with 8 goals scored and 8 conceded.
- Barcelona-Aston Villa — Villa are second on 9 points, Barcelona eighth on 6. Goals scored: 12 for the English side, 11 for the Catalans.
- AEK Athens-Real Madrid — Real are fourth on 9 points, with 10 goals; AEK are twenty-ninth on 3, with 3 goals scored.
- Fenerbahce-Liverpool — Liverpool are third on 9 points, with 12 goals scored and 7 conceded; Fenerbahce have 2 points.
- Borussia Dortmund-Real Betis — Betis are fifth on 9 points, Dortmund thirteenth on 6. Both have conceded 4 goals.
The Italian teams: points, goals and meetings in another cup
Manchester United-AS Roma: United have 3 points, Roma 4. Both available meetings were in the Europa League, with one win each. The latest was on 6 May 2021, before 2024: the record does not describe recent Champions League meetings.
- Feyenoord Rotterdam-Internazionale — both have 3 points; Inter have scored 5 goals and conceded 6, Feyenoord 4 and 8.
- FC Porto-Napoli — Porto have 0 points after three defeats; Napoli have 3, with 5 goals scored and 7 conceded.
- Lens-Como — Como are ninth on 6 points, with 10 goals; Lens are twenty-seventh on 3, with 3 goals scored.
The remaining fixtures: defences and head-to-heads
- Galatasaray-VfB Stuttgart — Stuttgart have 7 points and 2 goals conceded, among the round's best defences; Galatasaray have 3 points and 9 goals conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk-Sporting CP — Shakhtar have 4 points, Sporting 6; goals scored are 4 and 7 respectively.
- Atlético Madrid-Bayern Munich — Atlético have 4 points, Bayern 5. The Germans have scored 10 goals, the Spaniards 4.
- Bodo/Glimt-Lille — Lille have 0 points after three defeats, with 10 goals conceded; Bodo/Glimt have 3 points.
- LASK Linz-Slovan Bratislava — Slovan have 0 points and 13 goals conceded, the round's leakiest defence; LASK have 3 points.
- PSV Eindhoven-Club Brugge — PSV have 4 points and 2 goals conceded, the round's lowest total alongside Stuttgart and Arsenal; Brugge have 6 points.
- RB Leipzig-Manchester City — Leipzig have 3 points, City 6. Six meetings, all in the Champions League: four City wins, one draw and one Leipzig win. The latest was on 28 November 2023, before 2024.
- Slavia Prague-Arsenal — Arsenal have 7 points and 2 goals conceded; Slavia have 1 point. Three meetings across all competitions brought two Arsenal wins and one draw: two Europa League games and one Champions League game. The latest was on 4 November 2025.
- Viking FK-Sabah FK — Viking have 1 point, Sabah 3; goals conceded are 9 and 6 respectively.
This matchday's odds, right now
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How to read these numbers
Standings and form come from ESPN, head-to-heads from the openfootball archive, and margins from official feeds via api.oddsonar.com. Three matches are a small sample: a single game can shift averages considerably. Superlatives refer to the teams in this round; head-to-heads are those available in the archive.
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