The 2024/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage continues this week with matchday four.
The third day brought all the action, with all three English teams competing with three points in their respective games. arsenal stated an emphatic Victory by 4-0 against Juventus andn Italy, before Man City finished the job Hammarby with a 2-0 win at Joie Stadium.
A very twisted one Chelsea The team won against Celtic in Glasgow, with goals from Maika Hamano and Ashleigh Lawrence consolidating a 2-1 win on the road
The sixteen teams will return this week, for another exciting day of matches on the European stage.
90 minutes take a look at all the matches from round four and predict who can emerge victorious.
Wolfsburg were back to their best last week, racing home to a 5-0 win over Galatasaray in Turkey.
A hat-trick from Sweden’s Rebecka Blomqvist helped boost a dominant performance from the German side, and Galatasaray simply couldn’t keep up.
If the first leg is anything to go by, expect Wolfsburg to escape with victory this Wednesday evening when they return home to the AOK Stadion.
Prediction: Wolfsburg 0-3 Wolfsburg
Another Champions League thrashing came to Real Madrid last week as Las Blancas dominated FC Twente at home. Six different goalscorers saw Madrid thrash FC Twente 7-0 at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.
Despite showing bright signs in the early stages of their Champions League campaign, FC Twente are now in danger of falling six points clear of Real Madrid if they lose on Wednesday evening. We can expect the Dutch side to try to make a brave account of themselves when they return home to De Grolsch Veste.
The 7-0 scoreline in the reverse fixture paints a nightmare picture for FC Twente heading into the home leg, but the team will be eager to turn up in better form this time around.
Prediction: FC Twente 1-3 Real Madrid
Chelsea will be looking to extend their European unbeaten run this season as they host Celtic FC at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.
Despite fielding a very rotating squad, Sonia Bompastor’s Blues were able to get the job done last week in Glasgow. Chelsea will be keen to be more clinical than last week, after registering 26 shots in the 2-1 win.
Celtic will be keen to capitalize on the early goal that saw them take the lead over Chelsea in the early stages of the game, but will need to maintain incredible discipline to nullify the home side’s attacking threat.
Prediction: Chelsea 4-0 Celtic FC
Another Champions League giant ran away with victory on matchday three, with Lyon recording a 3-0 victory over a talented Roma side on the road. Lyon sit comfortably at the top of their group standings heading into the home game at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
It will be extremely difficult for any team to stop this Lyon juggernaut in Europe, especially at home. The French side are as clinical as ever, scoring eight goals in three group stage games.
Roma should still do well, certainly having the talent in the squad to carry it to the former UWCL Champions.
Prediction: Lyon 3-1 Roma
At the moment, there seems to be no stopping Bayern Munich as the German giants remain unbeaten in Europe so far. Bayern have won all three of their group stage matches, scoring 10 goals in the matches.
Last week was no different, they managed a 3-0 win over a winless Valerenga. Pernille Harder was on the scoresheet again, having scored half of Bayern’s total European goals so far.
A similar narrative is almost certain to follow on Thursday evening, with Bayern the likely victors at Oslo’s Intility Arena.
Prediction: Valerenga 0-4 Bayern Munich
Bajen’s incredible support was not enough to get Hammarby over the line at the Joie Stadium as goals from Laura Blindkilde Brown and Aoba Fujino sealed a 2-0 win for Man City.
The home win keeps City at the top of their group, three points above back-to-back champions Barcelona. An away trip to face Hammarby will give Gareth Taylor’s side a great opportunity to keep that distance between themselves and the defenders.
Hammarby will no doubt try to give a valiant account of themselves on Thursday evening and could spring a few surprises, but City will likely get the job done in Stockholm.
Prediction: Hammarby 0-3 Man City
The Champions League champions were back to their best last Tuesday, triumphing 7-0 at St. Polten at the Johan Cruyff Stadium. Barcelona have bounced back from a 2-0 loss against Man City on matchday one of the Champions League, scoring 16 goals in their last two group stage games.
If last week’s result is anything to go by, Barcelona should be comfortable winners on Thursday night when they travel to Vienna to face St. Polten on the way.
Prediction: St. Polten 0-4 Barcelona
The Gunners were comfortable winners last week in Biella, ending the first leg with a 4-0 win at Juventus. Arsenal will now return to N5 to host the Italian side at the Emirates Stadium and will be eager to extend their Champions League winning streak.
Despite a lackluster display at home last week, Arsenal will not underestimate the threat Juventus can still pose on Thursday night. Max Canzi’s side will need to come out firing to make up the gap which sees them currently sitting third in their league, three points behind Arsenal.
