IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Gabriel Jesus scored two goals for a fantastic Arsenal !
Champions League statistics: league stage, round 7 (January 20)
Inter vs Arsenal 1-3
*Arsenal have won 7 Champions League games in a row for the first time in their history.
Manchester City are the only English team to have a longer winning run in the competition (10 games between May 2023 and March 2024).
*Inter have lost 3 consecutive games (against Atlético Madrid, Liverpool, and Arsenal) in a single Champions League campaign for the first time in their history.
Tottenham vs Borussia Dortmund 2-0
*Tottenham have won all 4 of their Champions League games at home this season; it’s twice as many wins as they have managed in 11 home Premier League matches in 2025-26 (2).
*Tottenham remain the only team not to concede at home in the Champions League this season (also 1-0 vs Villarreal, 4-0 vs Copenhagen and 3-0 vs Slavia Prague).
Villarreal vs Ajax 1-2
*Ajax secured their eighth European victory in Spain, just two shy of Liverpool's record of ten away wins vs Spanish rivals in continental tournaments.
*Villarreal extended to 10 games their winless streak in Champions League (last 3 in 2021-22 and all 7 in 2025-26).
This is the second time Villarreal have gone 10 matches in the competition without a win.
These are the two worst streaks for Spanish teams in the competition.
Olympiakos vs Bayer Leverkusen 2-0
*Costinha's goal (at 1 minute 32 seconds) is the earliest goal Olympiacos has scored in the history of the Champions League.
Copenhagen vs Napoli 1-1
*Napoli’s Scott McTominay has scored the most headed goals in all competitions among Serie A teams (9) since his arrival in Italy (2024-25).
Sporting Lisbon vs Paris St. Germain 2-1
*PSG suffered their first defeat in the Champions League against a team outside the top 5 leagues since 10 December 2013 (against Benfica), ending a run of 32 consecutive unbeaten matches of this type (26 wins, 6 draws).
Kairat vs Club Brugge 1-4
*Hans Vanaken became Club Brugge's all-time top scorer in European competitions (24 goals), surpassing Gert Verheyen (23).
Bodo/Glimt vs Manchester City 3-1
*Manchester City became the first ever English team to lose to Bodø/Glimt in a major European competition.
Of 6 previous games vs English opponents, Bodø/Glimt lost 5 and tied 1.
*Bodø/Glimt is the 2nd Norwegian team to defeat an English opponent in the UCL history.
The first was Rosenborg, against Blackburn Rovers (2-1) in 1995-96.
*A Norwegian team had last won a Champions League match on 6 November 2007 (Rosenborg, 2-0 vs Valencia).
*Erling Haaland has not scored in his last 8 official matches for Manchester City, excluding penalties. This is his worst run for a club since a period from September 2017 to April 2018 (13 such games in a row with Molde).