Lens handed Champions League league-phase schedule, City at home then Liverpool away | OneFootball

Lens’s Champions League league-phase schedule for 2026-27 is set, with their campaign starting away to Slavia Prague on 10 September at 21:00.

The full calendar was published on Saturday, two days after the draw. This is Lens’s fourth season in the competition.

On 13 October, they host Sporting Portugal at Bollaert-Delelis. Sporting finished seventh in last season’s league phase.

They then travel to Club Bruges on 21 October, before hosting Como on 4 November, the Italians making their first appearance in the Champions League.

An away date at RB Leipzig follows on 24 November, then Bodö/Glimt visit on 9 December, a reunion with former Lens midfielder Patrick Berg, who was at the club from January to August 2022.

The run-in pits Lens against Manchester City at home on 20 January 2027, then Liverpool at Anfield on 27 January.

Source: L'Équipe

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