UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Wednesday 28th January
UEFA Champions League Table
- Arsenal, Position 1, Points 21
- Kairat, Position 36, Points 1
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
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10 Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
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17 Galatasaray | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
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18 Qarabağ | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 10 |
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| 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
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22 PSV | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
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24 Olympiakos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
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26 Copenhagen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 8 |
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27 Club Brugge | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 7 |
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28 Bodø / Glimt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 6 |
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29 Benfica | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
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30 Pafos | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
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31 Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 6 |
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32 Ajax | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 4 |
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34 Slavia Prague | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 3 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
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36 Kairat | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 1 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24: Play-off
Season so far
UEFA Champions League
Goals scored
Arsenal 20Kairat 5Form guide
All competitions
Match Facts
Arsenal’s meeting with Kairat will be just the second time ever that an English side have hosted an opponent from Kazakhstan in European competition, after Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Astana in September 2019 in the UEFA Europa League.
This will be Arsenal’s first meeting with Kairat; the Gunners haven’t lost any of the last 11 occasions when facing a team for the first time in European competition, winning 10 of those (D1), since a defeat versus Rennes in March 2019 (3-1 loss in the UEFA Europa League).
Arsenal have won all seven of their UEFA Champions League games this season by a 2+ goal margin. No team in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history has ever won eight in a row by 2+ goals.
Kairat Almaty have just one point from their seven UEFA Champions League matches this season. They’ve conceded the joint-most goals (19), have the highest xG against (19.6) and have faced the most shots on target (58) of any side this term.
Arsenal are looking for their eighth straight victory in the UEFA Champions League – only one other English side has managed 8+ consecutive wins in European Cup/Champions League history, with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City winning 10 in a row between May 2023 and March 2024.
Arsenal are the only team who haven’t trailed at any point in the UEFA Champions League this season. Kairat, meanwhile, have trailed for 316 minutes, the third most behind Ajax (429) and Villarreal (376).
Only four teams have had fewer shots from outside the box than Arsenal (22) in the UEFA Champions League this season. Despite this, no side has scored more goals from distance than the Gunners (4).
Bukayo Saka could make his 50th appearance for Arsenal in major European competition (currently on 49) – if he plays in this match, he would be the second-youngest player to reach this milestone for the Gunners (24y 145d on the day of the game), after Cesc Fàbregas (22y 331d in 2010).
Kairat’s Temirlan Anarbekov has only conceded 10 goals from 15.1 xG on target in the UEFA Champions League this season; indeed, his goals prevented differential is the highest of any goalkeeper in this edition (5.1 – excluding own goals).
As well as keeping the joint-most clean sheets by a goalkeeper in the 2025-26 edition (5), only one goalkeeper (Ugurcan Çakir – 47) has made more line-breaking passes than Arsenal’s David Raya (45) in the UEFA Champions League this season.
