The UEFA Women’s Champions League returns for Matchday 3 on Wednesday evening. What should you be keeping an eye on? We discuss the subplots ahead of this week’s action.
The UEFA Women’s Champions League returns this week and, with only six games in the league phase, Matchday 3 already represents the halfway point for Europe’s elite.
Barcelona have made a flying start, winning both of their opening matches and scoring 11 goals in the process. They are the only side with maximum points, but behind them, the race for direct qualification to the quarter-finals is harder to call.
Chelsea and Arsenal have four points apiece, while Manchester City, Bayern München and OL Lyonnes are also unbeaten after two matches, albeit with City down in 10th after two draws.
According to the Opta supercomputer, Barcelona are overwhelming favourites to secure a top-four finish, while Arsenal and Manchester City already appear slightly up against it.
Let’s dive into five key talking points ahead of MD3.
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Ewa Pajor. The Polish striker has scored in seven consecutive UWCL appearances, finding the net 10 times during that run. Only Hanna Ljungberg and Conny Pohlers have previously scored in eight successive matches in the competition.
Pajor also enters the week’s action on 47 European goals. Another would move her level with Pohlers on 48 and into joint-fifth on the competition’s all-time scoring list.
With Hansen and Pajor leading the charge, the question increasingly appears to be not whether they will reach the quarter-finals, but who is capable of stopping them on the road to Warsaw.
Harder Chases History
Bayern München and Real Madrid meet in what promises to be one of the most intriguing fixtures of the matchday, with both sides still unbeaten in this season’s Champions League.
Bayern followed a 2-2 draw at home to City by securing an emphatic 3-0 victory over Benfica in Portugal. Real Madrid, meanwhile, have drawn both of their opening matches 1-1, sharing the points with Paris Saint-Germain at home before doing the same away to Jeglertz’s side.
This will be the first meeting between the two clubs in the Champions League, adding another layer of uncertainty to a fixture that could have significant implications for the race for automatic quarter-final qualification.
The Opta supercomputer gives Bayern a 66.9% chance of finishing in the top four, projecting a final league-phase total of 12.5 points.
Their recent record offers further encouragement. Bayern are unbeaten in their last seven group-stage or league-phase matches and have scored in a club-record 13 consecutive Champions League games. Their home form is particularly formidable: they have never lost at this stage of the competition on home soil, winning 12 and drawing four of their 16 matches.
Real Madrid, however, should not be underestimated. They have lost just twice in their last 13 group-stage or league-phase fixtures and have scored in each of their last 11 away matches at this stage of the competition.
This game could also provide another landmark moment for
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