Lyon and Wolfsburg face off again in Women's Champions League, Bayern challenge for Arsenal

Lyon and Wolfsburg are acceptable to conscionable again successful the Women’s Champions League

BERLIN -- Old friends Lyon and Wolfsburg conscionable again earlier Bayern Munich and defending champion Arsenal renew their burgeoning rivalry successful the Women’s Champions League this week.

The 3rd match-day besides sees Manchester United big Paris Saint-Germain, portion tourney favourite Barcelona entertains Belgian debutant Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Barcelona is among 5 of the 18 teams taking portion successful the expanded contention to commencement with 2 consecutive wins.

Eight-time victor Lyon and German powerhouse Wolfsburg are different 2 teams with cleanable records earlier they conscionable for the 11th clip connected Tuesday.

Lyon seasoned Wendie Renard, who played successful each 10 of their erstwhile meetings, could go the archetypal subordinate to timepiece 100 wins successful UEFA nine competitions if Lyon extends its six-game winning streak against Wolfsburg.

Germany planetary Jule Brandt switched betwixt the sides successful the offseason and enjoyed her champion crippled to day for Lyon successful the 3-0 triumph implicit St. Pölten. Lyon had started with a 2-1 triumph implicit Arsenal.

Arsenal bounced backmost from that decision with a win implicit Benfica but volition look a Bayern squad determined to marque a connection connected Wednesday aft its opening 7-1 nonaccomplishment to Barcelona and consequent 2-1 triumph implicit Juventus.

Bayern has 19 goals from its past 4 Bundesliga games, where, similar the men’s team, it appears to person nary rivals.

Bayern and Arsenal met successful the radical signifier past play with some teams registering location wins.

Barcelona and Real Madrid pb the league signifier array aft their opening games. Barcelona thrashed Bayern and past romped to a 4-0 triumph astatine Roma, portion Madrid defeated Roma and PSG.

Barcelona retained three-time Ballon d’Or victor Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas amid a summertime exodus owed to fiscal problems caused by the men’s team. The Catalan squad volition expect to marque it 3 wins from 3 against Leuven connected Wednesday, a time aft Madrid hosts Paris FC. The French squad won some their erstwhile matches successful December 2023.

In different games Tuesday, it’s St. Pölten vs. Chelsea, and Roma vs. Vålerenga.

Wednesday’s games see United vs. PSG, Atlético Madrid vs. Juventus and Benfica vs. Twente.

The contention has a new broadcast deal with pay-TV relation Disney+ done the 2030 season. Some games volition beryllium shown unrecorded by free-to-air nationalist networks.

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