Lens 1-9 Como: Tasos Douvikas's hat-trick headlines the biggest away win in Como's history

Como beat Lens 9-1 away in northern France on Champions League matchday 4 — the biggest away win of Como's history in European competition. Tasos Douvikas scored a hat-trick, Nico Paz scored once and set up two more, and six different players got on the scoresheet as Cesc Fàbregas's side ran riot at the Bollaert-Delelis.

Douvikas does the early damage

Douvikas volleyed Como in front after seven minutes, assisted by Máximo Perrone, then doubled it in the 32nd minute with a finish set up by Álex Valle. Paz made it three in first-half stoppage time, converting a Douvikas pass of his own, and the game was effectively over before half-time.

A second half with no let-up

Lucas Da Cunha made it four two minutes into the second half, finished off a Paz pass, and Marc-Oliver Kempf headed in a fifth in the 53rd minute from Luis Milla's delivery. Douvikas completed his hat-trick in the 57th, converting another Paz assist, before Lens finally got on the board: Ruben Aguilar volleyed in from a Florian Thauvin cross in the 65th minute, a brief moment of reply. Substitutes Mattia Liberali and Martin Baturina combined for two more — Liberali teeing up Baturina in the 69th minute before setting up Matteo Papaccioli in stoppage time to make it nine.

A remarkable season for a first-time European club

Douvikas's treble was his first Champions League goals of the season — all three of his league-phase goals so far have come in this one match. Como arrived in Lens on a five-match winning run across all competitions, and this result extends it to six. With 19 goals scored in four matches, only Paris Saint-Germain's 20 is higher across the whole 36-club field, and Como's 4th-place finish on matchday 4 puts them inside the automatic round-of-16 places in their first-ever European campaign.

Lens left with the second-worst defence in the competition

For Lens, the picture is bleaker. They have now conceded 16 goals in four Champions League matches, the second-heaviest defensive record of the 36 clubs behind only bottom side Slovan Bratislava's 17. After an opening win over Slavia Praha, they have lost three league-phase games running — to Sporting CP, Club Brugge and now Como by eight goals.

Match facts

• 7' — Tasos Douvikas (Como), assist Máximo Perrone
• 32' — Tasos Douvikas (Como), assist Álex Valle
• 40' — Nico Paz (Como), assist Tasos Douvikas
• 47' — Lucas Da Cunha (Como), assist Nico Paz
• 53' — Marc-Oliver Kempf (Como), assist Luis Milla
• 57' — Tasos Douvikas (Como), assist Nico Paz
• 62' — Mattia Liberali (Como), assist Jacobo Ramón
• 65' — Ruben Aguilar (Lens), assist Florian Thauvin
• 69' — Martin Baturina (Como), assist Mattia Liberali
• 90'+1' — Matteo Papaccioli (Como), assist Mattia Liberali

Line-ups

What's next

Como sit 4th in the 36-club table on 9 points, inside the automatic round-of-16 places. Lens drop to 33rd on 3 points, in the eliminated zone with half the league phase gone. Both are back in European action for matchday 5.