Sports Mole previews Wednesday’s Women’s Champions League clash between Bayern Munich Women and Barcelona Women, including predictions, team news and possible line-ups.
After losing 3-0 against Barcelona Women at Camp Nou two weeks ago, Bayern Munich Women will be looking to achieve a better result when they host the Catalan giants on Wednesday.
Barcelona are currently top of their Women’s Champions League group after collecting maximum points from their three matches, while Bayern are three points behind second place.
Match preview
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Bayern Munich had to come from behind to beat Rosengard and Benfica in their opening two group matches, but they were unable to upset the 2020-21 European champions on matchday three.
The German club were swept away by a 3-0 scoreline which leaves them in second place and just three points clear of Benfica, who currently sit in third position.
Since losing to Barcelona, Alexander StrausThe team have recorded back-to-back league wins, including a comfortable 4-0 win over Hoffenheim on Friday.
Maximilian Rall and Linda Dalman scored a goal apiece to give Bayern a two-goal lead, before Leah Schuller scored a brace to wrap up a commanding win.
As Bayern face a tougher test on Wednesday, they can take inspiration from winning all six of their home games this season.
Meanwhile, Barcelona are looking to maintain their record of 100% in all competitions after winning 14 consecutive games this season.
Three of those wins came in the Champions League, where they started their European campaign with a memorable 9-0 win over Benfica.
Rosengard was then dismissed by a score of 4-1, before goals from geyse, Aitana Bonmati and Claudia Pina guided Barcelona to a comfortable 3-0 win at home to Bayern two weeks ago.
In their last outing, Barcelona had to come from behind to beat Real Sociedad with a Marta Torrejon equalizer and Lucia BronzeWinner in the 89th minute.
Having netted 28 goals in their seven competitive away games this season, Barcelona will be looking to continue their impressive form on Wednesday.
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Bayern Munich cannot use the services of Jovana Damnjanovic, Hanna Glass and Giulia Gwinn due to injury issues.
tainara is expected to continue his centre-back partnership with Glodis Viggosdottirand the pair will have the tricky task of keeping Barcelona’s forward line at bay.
Schuller came off the bench to score a brace against Hoffenheim, and she will be brought into the starting lineup for Wednesday’s contest.
As for the visitors, they are expected to make a number of changes after switching sides for Saturday’s league game against Real Sociedad.
Fridolina Rolfo and Bronze will step into the back four to operate as the two full-backs, while Irene Paredes should come back to the side to partner Mapi Leon in central defence.
Giraldez will also bring Mariona Caldentey and Geyse in the starting lineup to make the top three alongside Pina.
Possible starting line-up of Bayern Munich Women:
Grohs; Rall, Tainara, Viggosdottir, Simon; Magull, Stanway, Zadrazil; Lohmann, Buhl, Schuller
Possible starting line-up for Barcelona women:
panoramic; Bronze, Paredes, Mapi Léon, Rolfo; Bonmati, Walsh, Guijarro; Crnogorcevic, Pina, Geyse
We say: Bayern Munich Women 1-2 Barcelona Women
After Bayern were comfortably beaten by Barcelona’s reverse game, we believe Wednesday’s encounter will result in a tighter scoreline, but we still expect the Catalan giants to claim all three points.
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