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Champions League

The 2025/26 Champions League is the 71st season of Europe's elite club competition, with the 36-team league phase now fully established.

The final is set for Puskás Aréna in Budapest on 30 May 2026, the first time Hungary hosts the showpiece of Europe's top club tournament.

Total xTears

2,443.95

Avg xT per match

13.00

Absolute chaos

7.21

Late drama

3.41

All-out war

3.52

Referee scandal

1.53

Heart-Racing Games

All
Adrenaline Match

26.97

xT
Benfica crest

Benfica

10.63 xT

4-2
Real Madrid crest

Real Madrid

16.34 xT

Matchday 828 Jan 2026Estádio da Luz
Barcelona crestOlympiakos Piraeus crest

Barcelona 6-1 Olympiakos Piraeus

Matchday 3 | 21 Oct 2025

22.93

xT
PSV Eindhoven crestNapoli crest

PSV Eindhoven 6-2 Napoli

Matchday 3 | 21 Oct 2025

22.61

xT
Atalanta crestBorussia Dortmund crest

Atalanta 4-1 Borussia Dortmund

Knockout Round Play-offs | 25 Feb 2026

22.26

xT
Bayer Leverkusen crestParis Saint Germain crest

Bayer Leverkusen 2-7 Paris Saint Germain

Matchday 3 | 21 Oct 2025

22.18

xT
Bayern München crestReal Madrid crest

Bayern München 4-3 Real Madrid

Quarter-finals | 15 Apr 2026

21.84

xT

xT XI

All
KM
Real Madrid crest25.39

Kylian Mbappé

HK
Bayern München crest24.66

H. Kane

AG
Newcastle crest20.43

A. Gordon

LD
Bayern München crest16.57

L. Díaz

VJ
Real Madrid crest16.24

Vinícius Júnior

FE
Barcelona crest14.03

Fermín

RB
Borussia Dortmund crest11.16

R. Bensebaïni

DS
Liverpool crest10.94

D. Szoboszlai

MA
Sporting CP crest10.60

M. Araújo

JG
Bodo/Glimt crest8.98

J. Gundersen

UÇ
Galatasaray crest4.07

U. Çakır

Pain Meter

All
1
Real Madrid crest

Real Madrid

14 played

8.70

xT for

2
Barcelona crest

Barcelona

12 played

8.63

xT for

3
Bayern München crest

Bayern München

14 played

8.32

xT for

4
Tottenham crest

Tottenham

10 played

7.61

xT for

5
PSV Eindhoven crest

PSV Eindhoven

8 played

7.45

xT for

Player Leaders

All
1

Kylian Mbappé

Real Madrid crestReal Madrid | Forward

25.39

xT
2

H. Kane

Bayern München crestBayern München | Forward

24.66

xT
3

A. Gordon

Newcastle crestNewcastle | Forward

20.43

xT
4

K. Kvaratskhelia

Paris Saint Germain crestParis Saint Germain | Forward

19.98

xT
5

J. Álvarez

Atletico Madrid crestAtletico Madrid | Forward

18.38

xT
6

L. Díaz

Bayern München crestBayern München | Midfielder

16.57

xT
7

Vinícius Júnior

Real Madrid crestReal Madrid | Midfielder

16.24

xT
8

O. Dembélé

Paris Saint Germain crestParis Saint Germain | Forward

15.66

xT
9

E. Haaland

Manchester City crestManchester City | Forward

15.17

xT
10

Lamine Yamal

Barcelona crestBarcelona | Forward

15.04

xT
11

V. Osimhen

Galatasaray crestGalatasaray | Forward

14.63

xT
12

Fermín

Barcelona crestBarcelona | Midfielder

14.03

xT
13

K. Høgh

Bodo/Glimt crestBodo/Glimt | Forward

13.67

xT
14

A. Güler

Real Madrid crestReal Madrid | Midfielder

13.34

xT
15

H. Barnes

Newcastle crestNewcastle | Forward

12.58

xT
16

M. Olise

Bayern München crestBayern München | Midfielder

12.36

xT
17

C. Durán

Qarabag crestQarabag | Forward

12.21

xT
18

Gabriel Martinelli

Arsenal crestArsenal | Forward

11.82

xT
19

L. Suárez

Sporting CP crestSporting CP | Forward

11.69

xT
20

A. Sørloth

Atletico Madrid crestAtletico Madrid | Forward

11.54

xT

League Phase Table

League Phase Table
#
1Real Madrid crestReal Madrid75.0348.6215.469.144.244.592.95
2Barcelona crestBarcelona68.6659.9516.089.353.454.202.02
3Arsenal crestArsenal67.9737.3613.176.813.443.451.25
4Sporting CP crestSporting CP65.5153.6614.908.454.284.431.39
5Bayern München crestBayern München65.3243.1013.558.183.823.851.68
6PSV Eindhoven crestPSV Eindhoven59.6247.1613.357.644.613.951.20
7FC Copenhagen crestFC Copenhagen58.5867.2415.738.215.424.691.64
8Chelsea crestChelsea58.5751.5513.767.333.314.352.36
9Paris Saint Germain crestParis Saint Germain58.2950.8613.648.523.203.362.29
10Atletico Madrid crestAtletico Madrid57.8451.4413.667.213.143.460.95
11Liverpool crestLiverpool55.9142.6212.326.843.062.991.73
12Tottenham crestTottenham55.7545.2312.626.832.563.611.92
13Borussia Dortmund crestBorussia Dortmund54.4152.6413.388.634.362.411.19
14Inter crestInter52.8539.2711.516.002.992.631.41
15Juventus crestJuventus52.2939.4111.466.303.652.640.85
16Newcastle crestNewcastle51.8545.6312.195.922.583.761.05
17Bodo/Glimt crestBodo/Glimt49.9460.1613.767.844.343.861.51
18Manchester City crestManchester City49.7744.1011.736.132.893.681.52
19Olympiakos Piraeus crestOlympiakos Piraeus48.0154.2712.786.952.073.421.91
20Marseille crestMarseille47.9065.4714.177.503.964.742.05
21Ajax crestAjax47.4858.4913.257.892.913.022.19
22Club Brugge KV crestClub Brugge KV47.3356.6913.007.653.582.810.76
23Galatasaray crestGalatasaray46.5047.1211.705.452.614.091.50
24Kairat Almaty crestKairat Almaty46.3263.7013.757.604.013.381.90
25Atalanta crestAtalanta46.1339.2910.685.253.242.630.69
26Bayer Leverkusen crestBayer Leverkusen45.9349.5311.936.472.333.311.05
27Villarreal crestVillarreal45.1155.8512.625.763.194.120.36
28Athletic Club crestAthletic Club45.0448.9511.755.193.183.460.18
29Union St. Gilloise crestUnion St. Gilloise44.6959.5613.036.733.104.152.25
30Pafos crestPafos44.3347.1011.435.012.523.880.87
31Qarabag crestQarabag43.9556.0412.507.403.562.110.52
32Napoli crestNapoli43.2251.6711.866.793.283.201.32
33Slavia Praha crestSlavia Praha42.0464.1213.275.972.954.291.48
34Monaco crestMonaco40.6552.3311.625.573.703.711.04
35Benfica crestBenfica39.7858.4212.286.234.194.551.30
36Eintracht Frankfurt crestEintracht Frankfurt38.7652.7311.446.872.501.830.82

Road to the final

Tournament Curiosities

xTears Curiosities

6
  1. 1Benfica 4-2 Real Madrid is the current top xT match: 26.97 xT.
  2. 2Monaco 0-0 Tottenham is the softest match so far: 4.50 xT.
  3. 3Atalanta 4-1 Borussia Dortmund is the highest-xTears match of the entire knockout phase so far: 22.26 xT.
  4. 4Real Madrid led the league phase with 75.03 xT, while FC Copenhagen suffered the most with 67.24 xT against.
  5. 5Barcelona played the most emotionally loaded league phase: 16.08 xT per match on average.
  6. 6Real Madrid led the league phase in referee chaos: 2.95 xT per match on average.

Overall Curiosities

4
  1. 1The final is set for Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal on 30 May 2026.
  2. 2Budapest's Puskás Aréna hosts the final, the first time Hungary stages Europe's top club final.
  3. 3Bodø/Glimt, Kairat Almaty, Pafos and Union SG all made their Champions League league-phase debuts.
  4. 4Qarabağ returned to the Champions League proper for the first time since 2017/18, and Olympiacos came back to the Champions League proper after last contesting the group stage in 2020/21.

All statistics use finished matches in this competition edition with available xT data.