Full list of Champions League fixtures this week as Matchday Eight draws League Phase to an end

Martin Macdonald

• Updated: 27 Jan 2026 05:10 CST
• 5 min read

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Matchday Eight of the Champions League League Phase takes place this week and there is still plenty to play for in some fixtures.

With seven fixtures played so far, Arsenal lead the standings with an impressive seven wins out of seven - they are the only club with a 100% record.

At the moment, the eight teams set to qualify automatically for the knockout stage are Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle and Chelsea.

The standings throughout will naturally chop and change as the goals start flying in on Wednesday.

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Sixteen teams will qualify for the playoff stage, while 12 will be eliminated from the competition altogether.

Villarreal, Kairat Almaty, Slavia Prague and Eintracht Frankfurt were knocked out following the events of Matchday Seven.

Champions League Matchday Eight fixtures

Monaco vs Juventus

Ajax vs Olympiacos

Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty

Athletic Club vs Sporting CP

Atletico Madrid vs Bodo/Glimt

Barcelona vs Copenhagen

Leverkusen vs Villarreal

Benfica vs Real Madrid

Borussia Dortmund vs Inter

Club Brugge vs Marseille

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham

Liverpool vs Qarabag

Man City vs Galatasaray

Napoli vs Chelsea

PSV vs Bayern Munich

Pafos vs Slavia Prague

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle

Union St. Gilloise vs Atalanta

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Champions League top scorers 2025/26

Erling Haaland and Harry Kane are among the players who feature prominently in the list of Champions League top scorers for the 2025/26 season, while Anthony Gordon has also made a rapid start.

Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen grabbed a shock lead in the scoring standings on MD4 after moving on to six goals for the tournament by netting a hat-trick away against Ajax.

That advantage did not last long, though, with Kylian Mbappe storming back into first place on MD5 by scoring four goals in an incredible performance for Real Madrid, who won a thrilling clash against Olympiacos 4-3 in Greece.

Osimhen was injured for Galatasaray's clash with USG on the Tuesday of MD5, meaning the likes of Mbappe and Kane had a chance to reclaim top spot when they played in Wednesday's games.

Kane struggled as Bayern Munich fell to defeat against Arsenal, but Mbappe took full advantage of the opportunity with that staggering display against Olympiacos.

And Mbappe now holds a commanding four-goal lead at the summit after scoring twice more in Real Madrid's emphatic 6-1 home win over his former club Monaco, with Los Blancos now under new management.

That display moved Mbappe up to 11 goals, making him the first player to reach double figures this season, and he also equalled a UCL record held by Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mbappe has now scored the most goals in a group stage/league stage, tying the competition record with Ronaldo, who scored 11 such goals in the 2015/16 campaign.

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