Champions League: Longest unbeaten runs, winning streaks and consecutive clean sheets

Momentum is a huge thing in professional sport and the UEFA Champions League can provide plenty of evidence that teams on a roll can be extremely difficult to stop.

Manchester City are the most recent example of this after Pep Guardiola's men broke the competition record for most successive games unbeaten, beating Sparta Praha 5-0 on 23 October 2024 to make it 26 matches without defeat. That victory was the last in their remarkable run, though, as a 4-1 reverse at Sporting CP next time out displayed the unrivalled competitiveness of Europe's premier club competition once again.

However, another landmark is in Manchester City's sights as they are closing in on Barcelona's incredible home run of 38 games without defeat between September 2013 and November 2020. During that spell the Blaugrana won 34 matches and drew four, scoring 114 goals (exactly three per game) and conceding just 20 (0.53 per match) in the process.

Most successive games without defeat

26 Manchester City (06/09/2022 – 23/10/2024)
25 Manchester United (19/09/2007 – 05/05/2009)
19 Ajax (14/09/1994 – 20/03/1996)
19 Bayern München (14/03/2001 – 02/04/2002)
19 Bayern München (18/09/2019 – 17/03/2021)
16 Barcelona (08/03/2011 – 03/04/2012)
16 Manchester United (04/03/1998 – 29/09/1999)
16 Manchester United (23/10/2001 – 23/10/2002)

Most successive home games without defeat

38 Barcelona (18/09/2013 – 04/11/2020)
34* Manchester City (07/11/2018 – present)
29 Bayern München (04/03/1998 – 02/04/2002)
24 Arsenal (14/09/2004 – 15/04/2009)
23 Juventus (02/10/2013 – 13/02/2018)
23 Manchester United (27/09/2005 – 03/11/2009)

* Includes a 'home' fixture against Mönchengladbach in Budapest in March 2021

Most successive away games without defeat

22 Bayern München (31/10/2017 – 16/02/2022)
16 Manchester United (19/09/2007 – 16/02/2010)
14 Ajax (28/09/1994 – 19/03/1997)
12 Manchester City (06/09/2022 – 01/10/2024)
11 Ajax (02/10/2018 – 03/11/2020)
11 Barcelona (01/10/2008 – 31/03/2010)
11 Real Madrid (28/09/2010 – 27/03/2012)

Most successive wins

15 Bayern München (18/09/2019 – 25/11/2020)
10 Bayern München (02/04/2013 – 27/11/2013)
10 Manchester City (17/05/2023 – 06/03/2024)
10 Real Madrid (23/04/2014 – 18/02/2015)
9 Barcelona (18/09/2002 – 18/02/2003)
9 Barcelona (21/10/2014 – 06/05/2015)
8 Bayern München (07/09/2022 – 08/03/2023)
8 Borussia Dortmund (04/12/1996 – 01/10/1997)

Most successive home wins

16 Bayern München (17/09/2014 – 15/02/2017)
15 Barcelona (17/09/2014 – 08/03/2017)
12 Manchester City (05/04/2022 – 06/03/2024)
12 Manchester United (13/09/2006 – 29/04/2008)
11 Real Madrid (03/04/2013 – 09/12/2014)
10 Juventus (20/03/1996 – 10/12/1997)

Most successive away wins

7 Ajax (22/11/1995 – 19/03/1997)
7 Bayern München (19/02/2013 – 19/02/2014)
6 Barcelona (12/04/2011 – 14/02/2012)
6 Bayern München (01/10/2019 – 03/11/2020)
6 Liverpool (28/09/2021 – 03/05/2022)
6 Manchester United (15/04/2009 – 16/02/2010)
5 Ajax (27/11/2018 – 02/10/2019)
5 Atalanta (11/12/2019 – 09/12/2020)
5 Bayern München (23/02/2021 – 23/11/2021)
5 Chelsea (16/09/2003 – 06/04/2004)
5 Chelsea (28/10/2020 – 07/04/2021)
5 Juventus (05/12/2017 – 23/10/2018)
5 Real Madrid (29/04/2014 – 18/02/2015)

Most successive draws

7 AEK Athens (17/09/2002 – 17/09/2003)
6 Lyon (02/10/2018 – 19/02/2019)
6 Rangers (19/10/2005 – 07/03/2006)

Most successive clean sheets

10 Arsenal (18/10/2005 – 25/04/2006)
7 AC Milan (24/11/2004 – 26/04/2005)
7 Manchester City (27/10/2020 – 16/03/2021)
6 Ajax (18/10/1995 – 20/03/1996)
6 Chelsea (24/10/2007 – 05/03/2008)
6 Juventus (07/12/2016 – 03/05/2017)
6 Panathinaikos (01/11/1995 – 03/04/1996)