Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich more than lived up to the hype this week after an astonishing Champions League semi-final first leg.
PSG hold the advantage after a thrilling 5-4 win at the Parc des Princes, in what was the highest-scoring single-leg semi-final in the competition’s history.
In fact, there have been only four Champions League games that have seen more goals scored than the end-to-end epic in Paris.
The highest-scoring game in Champions League history was between Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warszawa, after the German side won 8-4 at the Westfalenstadion in 2016. Shinji Kagawa and Marco Reus both scored twice for Dortmund in a 12-goal bonanza.
There have been two games involving 11 goals, including AS Monaco’s famous 8-3 win against Deportivo La Coruna in 2003. Bayern Munich’s 9-2 win over GNK Dinamo also saw 11 goals scored.
Bayern were also involved in the only other game to feature 10+ goals, when the German giants battered Barcelona 8-2 in the 2019/20 quarter-finals.
Remarkably, PSG’s win over Bayern Munich is the third nine-goal game of the 2025/26 season. The Parisians won 7-2 at Bayer Leverkusen in the league phase, while Barcelona beat Newcastle United by the same scoreline in the last 16.
The Champions League games with the most goals scored
- Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warszawa, 22/11/2016 (12)
- Bayern München 9-2 GNK Dinamo, 17/09/2024 (11)
- Monaco 8-3 Deportivo La Coruña, 05/11/2003 (11)
- Barcelona 2-8 Bayern, 14/08/2020 (10)
- Paris Saint-Germain 7-2 Rosenborg, 24/10/2000 (9)
- Lyon 7-2 Werder Bremen, 08/03/2005 (9)
- Villarreal 6-3 Aalborg, 21/10/2008 (9)
- Tottenham 2-7 Bayern, 01/10/2019 (9
- Manchester City 6-3 Leipzig, 15/09/2021 (9)
- Paris Saint-Germain 7-2 Maccabi Haifa, 25/10/2022 (9)
- Benfica 4-5 Barcelona, 21/01/2025 (9)
- Leverkusen 2-7 Paris, 21/10/2025 (9)
- Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle, 18/03/2026 (9)
- Paris 5-4 Bayern, 28/04/2026 (9)
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