Arsenal Women vs. Real Madrid Femenino: UCL Match Preview, Odds & Predictions

On Wednesday, the Emirates Stadium will host a Women's Champions League match between Real Madrid Femenino and Arsenal Women.

Following last week's disappointing journey to the Spanish capital, the Gunners now face the daunting challenge of reversing a two-goal deficit.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

With a 5–1 record in group play (D1), Arsenal finished ahead of Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Valerenga to qualify for their 16th UWCL quarterfinal.

The Gunners' group victory ensured they would play the second leg at home, and they will want to make the most of their home-field advantage if they are to reach the semi-finals for the eighth year in a row.

Renee Slegers's squad saw a five-game winning streak in the UWCL snapped last week with a dismal 2-0 loss in Madrid.

They got back on track with a 4-0 thrashing of Liverpool in Saturday's Women's Super League home encounter. Caitlin Foord, Mariona Caldentey, and Jasmine Matthews scored goals, and Jasmine Matthews scored two own goals.

This meant Manchester City fell to fourth position in the fight for European qualifying, seven points behind second-place Arsenal, who now have 39 points from 17 matches.

Even though they will be in the UWCL next year, Arsenal will be concentrating on extending their participation in this year's competition for the time being. They will be confident in their abilities after winning all six of their European home matches this season and scoring three goals in four of those wins.

 After finishing second in Group B with four wins and two losses, Real Madrid are participating in their second UWCL quarterfinal.

Although all those defeats came at the hands of Chelsea, Las Blancas breezed past their English opponents in last week's opening leg, securing a valuable 2-0 victory courtesy of goals from Athenea del Castillo and Linda Caicedo.

On Sunday, they beat Barcelona for the first time at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, adding to their first win in the UWCL knockout stage.

After Caroline Graham Hansen canceled Alba Redondo's opening, Jana Fernandez of Barcelona had a late goal wrongly called out for offside, and there was no video assistant referee to reverse the on-field judgment.

Eventually, Las Blancas took advantage of that stroke of luck, as substitute Caroline Weir scored twice to give her team a historic away win against Barcelona. The win snapped the Catalan giants' 18-match losing streak and brought them within four points of the top of Liga F.

Even though Real Madrid has lost five of its past nine European away games (W4), it hasn't lost a UWCL away match by two goals or more since November 2022, when it was defeated 2-0 by Chelsea. Now, it has the opportunity to become the first team in UWCL history to reach the semi-finals.

Arsenal Women x Real Madrid Femenino Team News

Following Kim Little's substitution in the second half of Arsenal's 4-0 victory against Liverpool, the club must determine the veteran midfielder's fitness level.

Laia Codina is now a question mark after not making Saturday's matchday roster, while Lotte Wubben-Moy is still not eligible for selection.

After a lengthy layoff due to a knee injury, Victoria Pelova made her long-awaited comeback versus Liverpool and will be a valuable substitute.

On the other hand, the visitors will miss the services of Rocio Galvez and Teresa Abelleira for the remainder of the season.

A damaged lateral ligament in last week's opening leg also ended Melanie Leupolz's campaign.

As Alberto Toril aimed to save some of his essential players fresh for Wednesday's second leg, he benched Sheila Garcia, Olga Carmona, Caicedo, and Weir. They are ready to make a triumphant comeback to the starting lineup.

Our Predictions

Arsenal Women to win @ 1.43 on Sky247.ng

Real Madrid's history of underperformance in crunch time made Arsenal the odds-on favorite to advance from this tie heading into last week's opening leg.

But after destroying Arsenal and Barcelona in consecutive games, Las Blancas have put that reputation to rest. Even though we expect the visitors to lose the second leg, we still believe they'll do enough to hold on to their two-goal lead.

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