Champions League Matchday 2: Mbappé Makes History as PSG Stun City

Champions League Matchday 2 did not ease anyone in gently. Across Tuesday and Wednesday the league phase produced 78 goals — the most on a regular Champions League matchday on record — and the headlines stacked up almost as fast as the scorelines.

Kylian Mbappé used his 100th Champions League appearance to climb into the competition’s all-time top five scorers. Real Madrid still needed a stoppage-time winner in Rome. Paris Saint-Germain put four past Manchester City at the Etihad. Bodø/Glimt beat Borussia Dortmund in the Arctic. Shakhtar Donetsk turned Stamford Bridge into a home win. And that was only the half of it.

Live standings, full fixtures and the rest of the league-phase calendar sit on our Champions League betting hub. What follows is the long read: the night Mbappé rewrote the charts, the matches that defined the round, and every other Matchday 2 result.

Mbappé joins the Champions League all-time top five

On his 100th Champions League outing, Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé scored the goal that moved him past Raúl and into sole fifth on the competition’s all-time scoring list.

The strike came in Real’s 4-3 win away at Roma — his 72nd Champions League goal, across spells with Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain and Madrid. Raúl’s club legend total of 71 is now behind him.

He scored it in the first half, equalising after Mario Hermoso’s mistake. Mbappé intercepted roughly 23 metres from goal, shot, and watched a slight deflection off Roma captain Gianluca Mancini carry the ball into the net.

Champions League all-time top scorers

The same night delivered a second line for the history books. Mbappé reached 100 Champions League appearances at 27 years and 298 days — the youngest player ever to do so. Lionel Messi’s previous mark stood at 28 years and 84 days. Both men hit their century in away games against Roma.

Across those first 100 Champions League matches, Mbappé’s contribution is exactly 100 goal involvements: 72 goals and 28 assists.

Roma 3–4 Real Madrid

UEFA Champions League · League phase · Matchday 2 · Stadio Olimpico, Rome · Wednesday 14 October 2026

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Roma

3–4

HT 1–1

Real Madrid crest

Real Madrid

Goals

Roma

• Marten de Roon 20'
• Donyell Malen 51'
• Donyell Malen 57'

Real Madrid

• Kylian Mbappé 25'
• Carlos Espí 83'
• Endrick 85'
• Antonio Rüdiger 90'

Starting XIs

Roma crest

Roma

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini

3-4-2-1

Gollini; Mancini, N'Dicka, Hermoso; Molina, de Roon, Koné, Wesley; Soulé, Dybala; Malen

Real Madrid crest

Real Madrid

Coach: José Mourinho

4-2-3-1

Courtois; Dumfries, Konaté, Rüdiger, Cucurella; Valverde, Tchouaméni; Bellingham, Diomande, Vinícius Júnior; Mbappé

Key substitutes: Endrick and Arda Güler (59'); Carlos Espí (79') for Real Madrid. Rodrigo Mora, Pellegrini, Balerdi, Koulierakis for Roma.

José Mourinho’s return to Rome looked set to turn sour. Roma led 3-1 deep into the second half. Madrid still left with three points.

Roma started on the front foot. On 20 minutes Marten de Roon struck from outside the box; a deflection wrong-footed Thibaut Courtois. Five minutes later Mbappé levelled, rolling Hermoso and finding the net from range on the night of his Champions League century.

After the break Roma went again. Donyell Malen restored the lead on 51 minutes, then completed his brace six minutes later to make it 3-1. Gasperini’s side looked in control. Mourinho’s response was decisive: Vinícius came off for Endrick, Dumfries for Güler.

Then the final seven minutes flipped the match. Espí tapped in after Gollini had saved Endrick’s header (83'). Endrick headed Güler’s corner home for 3-3 (85'). In the 90th minute another Güler delivery found Rüdiger, who finished from close range. Madrid 4-3.

Mourinho: “Roma were dead in the last 20 minutes”

Afterwards Mourinho framed it as two games in one.

“Two matches in one. Roma were better in every metric, and then came 20 minutes when Real Madrid were simply impossible to stop.

They surprised us early by putting Soulé out wide: he created overloads and was extremely hard to contain.

In the second half we were more organised, but we conceded a cheap second goal. At 3-1 the game was effectively over — but Roma’s players were also spent. Playing with that style and that intensity is hard work. They were dead at the end of the game.

We made a few changes, and even if we had conceded a fourth it would not have changed anything. The opponents lacked the tactical and physical readiness.

When I was asked in the summer whether Roma could sign Endrick, I said: ‘Impossible.’ I know what he can do. Poor Hermoso — we basically destroyed him, making him deal with Diomande for 70 minutes. Koulierakis, who came on later, the same.”

Next up for Real: Sevilla in La Liga, then RB Leipzig at home in Matchday 3.

Manchester City 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Champions League · League phase · Matchday 2 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · Wednesday 14 October 2026

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Manchester City

2–4

HT 0–3

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Paris Saint-Germain

Goals

Manchester City

• Erling Haaland 53'
• Erling Haaland 75'

Paris Saint-Germain

• Désiré Doué 13'
• Ousmane Dembélé 15'
• Vitinha 32'
• Maghnes Akliouche 62'

Starting XIs

Manchester City crest

Manchester City

Coach: Enzo Maresca

4-2-3-1

Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernández; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Paris Saint-Germain crest

Paris Saint-Germain

Coach: Luis Enrique

4-2-1-3

Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Ruiz; Akliouche, Dembélé, Doué

Haaland’s brace made him City’s record Champions League scorer (38 in 41). Ferran Torres missed a late PSG penalty; Donnarumma saved.

Premier League noise around Manchester City can wait for the weekend. Midweek at the Etihad, the reigning Champions League holders were the story — and Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain left Manchester with a statement win.

PSG tried to set the tone early on foreign soil, but the first clear chances came from City set pieces: Rúben Dias forced a save from a free-kick delivery, then the visiting goalkeeper tipped a corner onto the crossbar with Antoine Semenyo firing the rebound wide. The home crowd lifted. What followed emptied them.

Inside two minutes, Enzo Maresca’s side had effectively lost the game. On 13 minutes Fabián Ruiz switched a counter from midfield to the left; Désiré Doué bent a finish inside the far post past Gianluigi Donnarumma. Almost immediately Doué found Dembélé at the far post for 0-2. On 32 minutes Akliouche’s delivery from the right was laid off by Zaïre-Emery’s heel and Vitinha smashed in the third. Jeremy Doku’s late first-half effort was saved. City went in 3-0 down.

Maresca’s triple change at the break was inevitable. PSG switched off after the interval — and paid for it. Haaland headed in Iliman Ndiaye’s cross on 53 minutes. Semenyo thought he had another, ruled out for offside. City were roaring toward a full comeback until the 62nd minute, when Akliouche turned on the edge of the box and struck toward the far top corner from Dembélé’s pass. Donnarumma seemed to get a strong hand to it; the rebound still dropped over the line.

Even at 1-4, City kept creating. Haaland made it 2-4 on 75 minutes. Enzo Fernández hit the woodwork, Haaland struck the bar, Nuno Mendes cleared off the line from Joško Gvardiol — and that was before counting the unfinished chances Haaland and Semenyo both wasted. Late on, Matheus Nunes brought down Mendes as Ferran Torres looked to combine; Torres’ penalty toward the bottom right was weak and Donnarumma saved comfortably.

The holders took the points. On another night the scoreline could have finished almost anywhere.

Next: City host AEK Athens in Matchday 3 and Ipswich at home in the league; PSG visit Strasbourg, then host Barcelona in Europe.

Bodø/Glimt 1–0 Borussia Dortmund

UEFA Champions League · League phase · Matchday 2 · Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø · Wednesday 14 October 2026

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Bodø/Glimt

1–0

HT 0–0

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Borussia Dortmund

Goals

Bodø/Glimt

• Fredrik Sjøvold 52' (assist: Sondre Auklend)

Borussia Dortmund

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Starting XIs

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Bodø/Glimt

Coach: Kjetil Knutsen

4-3-3

Haikin; Sjøvold, Gundersen, Aleesami, Bjørkan; Auklend, Berg, Fet; Blomberg, Helmersen, Hauge

Borussia Dortmund crest

Borussia Dortmund

Coach: Niko Kovač

3-4-2-1

Kobel; Gadou, Anton, Bensebaini; Beier, Bellingham, Veerman, Svensson; Karetsas, Inácio, Silva

Norwegian football is having a Champions League week. A night earlier Viking had drawn 3-3 with Bayern Munich. On Wednesday Bodø/Glimt took down another Bundesliga side — Dortmund beaten 1-0 away from home comforts in the Arctic.

The first half was tight and unfinished. Sondre Fet flashed wide on 19 minutes; Andreas Helmersen twice tested Gregor Kobel before the break. The goalkeeper kept Dortmund level.

The decisive moment arrived on 52 minutes. Sondre Auklend slipped a sharp ball into Fredrik Sjøvold, who finished low into the corner. One goal; three points.

Dortmund threw on the cavalry — Guirassy, Nmecha, Nwaneri, Ryerson among them — and piled forward. Nikita Haikin became the home hero, denying Felix Nmecha and Ethan Nwaneri again and again, including deep into stoppage time. Glimt held on with the organised home defence and cold-blooded finish that have become their European signature.

Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 AEK Athens

UEFA Champions League · League phase · Matchday 2 · Stamford Bridge, London (Shakhtar nominal home) · Wednesday 14 October 2026

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Shakhtar Donetsk crest

Shakhtar Donetsk

3–1

HT 1–1

AEK Athens crest

AEK Athens

Goals

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Pedrinho 34' (pen)
• Vinícius Tobias 80'
• Gleiker Mendoza 86'

AEK Athens

• Lovro Majer 28'

Starting XIs

Shakhtar Donetsk crest

Shakhtar Donetsk

Coach: Arda Turan

4-1-4-1

Riznyk; Vinícius Tobias, Bondar, Matviyenko, Pedro Henrique; Ocheretko; Alisson Santana, Pedrinho, Marlon Gomes, Newertton; Kauã Elias

AEK Athens crest

AEK Athens

Coach: Marko Nikolić

4-4-2

Brignoli; Rota, Moukoudi, Relvas, Pilios; Majer, Marin, Vitális, Koita; Jović, Zini

Attendance: 29,144 at Stamford Bridge.

After the international break, Champions League nights returned for Shakhtar Donetsk — and this one carried a new chapter. Arda Turan’s side hosted AEK Athens at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, their first league-phase “home” fixture in London.

AEK arrived as newly crowned Greek champions under Marko Nikolić, already off the mark in Europe with a 1-0 win over LASK in September. Their 4-4-2 brings heavy press and danger from set pieces. Shakhtar felt both early: Moukoudi headed a Majer corner against the near post.

The Miners answered with progressive passes into the box and a long-range Alisson effort that did not change the scoreboard. On 28 minutes the visitors punished a mistake. Vinícius lost the ball trying to beat Koita on the right; Pilios drove past Marlon and Bondar and squared for Majer to finish into the far corner. 0-1.

Three minutes later Alisson’s trickery drew Relvas into a challenge; referee Chris Kavanagh pointed to the spot after the ball struck the defender’s arm. Pedrinho sent Brignoli the wrong way. 1-1. Pedrinho then rattled the bar from a tight left-side angle instead of crossing — Shakhtar were rising.

The second-half restart belonged to AEK. Riznyk first denied Pilios one-on-one, then tipped Marin’s free-kick out of the top corner. That kept Shakhtar alive long enough for the Greeks to tire. On 80 minutes Vinícius’s near-post drive from the right bamboozled Brignoli. Six minutes later Mendoza cut inside from the left and smashed into the far top corner — a finish that drew Willian comparisons among the Shakhtar diaspora in the stands. Stamford Bridge emptied quickly after that.

Next: Shakhtar visit Inter Milan; AEK travel to Manchester City.

Rest of Matchday 2 — every other result

Matches below are scorelines and scorers only. Full live table and calendar: Champions League betting.

Tuesday 13 October

Lens 0–2 Sporting CP
Scorers: Luis Suárez 22', Issa Doumbia 74' (Sporting). Sporting make it two wins from two.

Sabah 2–0 Slavia Prague
Scorers: Kaheem Parris 49', J. Mickels 88'. Historic first Champions League win for the Azerbaijani champions.

Arsenal 3–0 Lille
Scorers: Jurriën Timber 64', Eberechi Eze 67', Bukayo Saka 71'. Arsenal stay perfect; Timber named player of the match.

Atlético Madrid 2–0 Manchester United
Scorers: Pablo Barrios 1', Ademola Lookman 79'.

Inter Milan 3–4 Club Brugge
Scorers: Lautaro Martínez 44', 81', Ange-Yoan Bonny 90+3' — Nicolò Tresoldi 30' (pen), 63', 74', Romeo Vermant 87'. Tresoldi’s hat-trick stuns San Siro.

Galatasaray 1–4 Barcelona
Scorers: Aleksei Batrakov 28' — João Cancelo 43', Fermín López 50', Anthony Gordon 53', Karim Adeyemi 65'. Barcelona recover from a goal down; Yamal involved in the second-half surge.

RB Leipzig 1–0 PSV Eindhoven
Scorer: Brajan Gruda 75'.

Viking 3–3 Bayern Munich
Scorers: G. Stensness 2', P. Christiansen 38', H. Haugen 90' — Harry Kane 54' (pen), 60', Luis Díaz 71'. Norwegian football’s statement draw of the week.

Villarreal 3–1 Napoli
Scorers: Georges Mikautadze 23', Santiago Mouriño 26', T. Oluwaseyi 86' — Amir Rrahmani 8'.

Wednesday 14 October

Feyenoord 3–2 Como
Scorers: G. Zechiël 20', Anis Hadj Moussa 52', R. Sánchez 81' (og) — A. Diao 18', A. Douvikas 90+3'.

LASK 3–6 Liverpool
Scorers: R. Ljubičić 63', F. Flecker 74', 77' — Ronald Araújo 22', Bradley Barcola 24', 37', 66', Jeremie Frimpong 51', Lewis Koumas 72'. Barcola’s hat-trick headlines a nine-goal night in Linz.

Aston Villa 6–0 Fenerbahçe
Scorers: Johan Manzambi 12', Nicolas Jackson 31', 39', Ross Barkley 68' (pen), 72', Tammy Abraham 90'.

Real Betis 3–2 Porto
Scorers: Abde Ezzalzouli 47', Cucho Hernández 74', Isco 84' (pen) — Gabriel Veiga 54', Samu Aghehowa 61'.

Slovan Bratislava 0–3 VfB Stuttgart
Scorers: Deniz Undav 29', S. Cruz 64' (og), Ermedin Demirović 90'.

Where Matchday 2 leaves the table

Three clubs — Arsenal, Barcelona and Sporting CP — still have maximum points after two matchdays. Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool and Aston Villa are among those who answered with statement wins on Wednesday. Inter and Manchester United already look short of early breathing room; Sabah and Bodø/Glimt have European nights to remember.

Matchday 3 follows quickly on 20–21 October, including Bayern vs Arsenal, PSG vs Barcelona, Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig, and Inter vs Shakhtar. Odds, the live league-phase table and the full eight-matchday calendar are updated on Champions League betting. Earlier context: our Matchday 1 preview and play-off round-up.