The group stage of the 2024/25 UEFA Ladies’s Champions League continues this week with matchday 4.
Matchday three introduced the entire motion, with all three competing English sides claiming three factors of their respective fixtures. Arsenal claimed an emphatic 4-0 victory over Juventus in Italy, earlier than Man Metropolis received the job achieved over Hammarby with a 2-0 win on the Joie Stadium.
A closely rotated Chelsea facet managed to assert a victory over Celtic in Glasgow, with targets from Maika Hamano and Ashleigh Lawrence solidifying a 2-1 win on the highway.
The sixteen groups will return this week, for an additional thrilling spherical of fixtures on the European stage.
90min takes a have a look at the entire matchday 4 matches and predicts who could come out victorious.
Wolfsburg had been again to their finest final week, operating house with a 5-0 victory over Galatasaray in Turkey.
A hat-trick from Sweden’s Rebecka Blomqvist helped increase the dominant efficiency from the German facet, and Galatasaray merely did not sustain.
If the primary leg is something to go by, Wolfsburg will likely be anticipated to run away with victory this Wednesday night as they return house to the AOK Stadion.
Prediction: Wolfsburg 0-3 Wolfsburg
One other Champions League thrashing got here from Actual Madrid final week, as Las Blancas dominated FC Twente on house turf. Six seperate goalscorers from Madrid noticed FC Twente bow-out in a 7-0 defeat at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano.
Regardless of displaying brilliant indicators within the early levels of their Champions League marketing campaign, FC Twente are actually threatened with the potential of being six factors adrift of Actual Madrid if they’re to lose on Wednesday night. We are able to anticipate that the Dutch facet will attempt to make a courageous account for themselves as they return house to De Grolsch Veste.
The 7-0 scoreline within the reverse fixture paints a nightmarish image for FC Twente heading into the house leg, nevertheless the facet will likely be keen to point out up in higher kind this time round.
Prediction: FC Twente 1-3 Actual Madrid
Chelsea will search to increase their unbeaten European run this season as they host Celtic FC at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening.
Regardless of placing out a closely rotated squad, Sonia Bompastor’s Blues had been capable of get the job achieved final week in Glasgow. Chelsea will likely be eager to be extra scientific than they had been final week, after registering 26 photographs within the 2-1 win.
Celtic will likely be keen to attract on the opening purpose that noticed them take the lead over Chelsea within the fixture’s early levels, however should stay extremely disciplined as a way to nullify the house sides attacking risk.
Prediction: Chelsea 4-0 Celtic FC
One other Champions League large ran away with victory on matchday three, with Lyon registering a 3-0 victory over a gifted Roma facet on the highway. Lyon sit comfortably on the summit of their group standings heading into the house fixture on the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
Will probably be extraordinarily troublesome for any facet to cease this Lyon juggernaut in Europe, particularly on house turf. The French facet are as scientific as ever, registering eight targets throughout three group stage fixtures.
Roma ought to nonetheless make a superb account for themselves, positively having the squad expertise to take it to the previous UWCL Champions.
Prediction: Lyon 3-1 Roma
There does not appear to be any stopping Bayern Munich in the intervening time, with the German giants remaining undefeated in Europe to this point. Bayern have received all three of their group stage fixtures, scoring 10 targets throughout the video games.
Final week was no totally different, they clinched a 3-0 victory over a winless Valerenga. Pernille Tougher was again on the scoresheet once more, having scored half of Bayern’s whole European targets to date.
It’s nearly sure that Thursday night will observe an analogous narrative, with Bayern the possible victors at Oslo’s Intility Area.
Prediction: Valerenga 0-4 Bayern Munich
The unbelievable Bajen help wasn’t sufficient to get Hammarby over the road on the Joie Stadium, as targets from Laura Blindkilde Brown and Aoba Fujino solidifed a 2-0 victory for Man Metropolis.
The house win retains Metropolis on the summit of their group, sitting three factors above back-to-back champions Barcelona. An away journey to face Hammarby will present Gareth Taylor’s facet with an excellent alternative to take care of that distance between themselves and the defending champions.
Hammarby will definitely purpose to make a courageous account of themselves on Thursday night and will trigger some surprises, however Metropolis will possible get the job achieved in Stockholm.
Prediction: Hammarby 0-3 Man Metropolis
The defending Champions had been again to their perfect final Tuesday, triumphing 7-0 over St. Polten at the Estadi Johan Cruyff. Barcelona have bounced-back from their 2-0 defeat in opposition to Man Metropolis on matchday one of many Champions League, scoring 16 targets within the final two group stage video games.
If final week’s result’s something to go by, Barcelona ought to be snug winners on Thursday evening as they journey to Vienna to face St. Polten within the away leg.
Prediction: St. Polten 0-4 Barcelona
The Gunners had been snug victors final week in Biella, operating out the away leg with a 4-0 victory over Juventus. Arsenal now return to N5 to host the Italian facet on the Emirates Stadium, and will likely be keen to increase their Champions League profitable streak.
Regardless of placing on a lacklustre show at house final week, Arsenal is not going to underestimate the risk that Juventus can nonetheless pose on Thursday evening. Max Canzi’s facet might want to come out firing as a way to make up the distinction that presently sees them sitting third of their facet – three factors behind Arsenal.
