Arsenal travels to the Spanish capital on Tuesday evening and competes against Real Madrid in the first leg of her UWCL quarter-final.
The Gunners have developed into an efficient winning machine with Renee Slegers at the top. Jona’s Eidevall’s successor claimed 18 wins from 22 games. Her success was also not limited to domestic adventures.
Her UWCL campaign started with a 5-2 defeat near Bayern Munich in a penultimate game from Eidevall, but they won their remaining five group games to reach Group C and set up a quarter-finals with Madrid.
The Spaniards play the second violin to Barcelona in League F again and ended behind Chelsea in Group B after they had lost home and path against the blues. Madrid is the only team in the competition that has never reached the semi -finals while Arsenal are unique winners, but has not returned to the final since their triumph in 2007.
Here is 90 minutes Preview of the first leg on Tuesday in Madrid.
Real Madrid against Arsenal H2H record
This is the first competitive meeting between Real Madrid and Arsenal Women.
real Madrid | arsenal |
|---|---|
Real Madrid 2-2 Deportivo Alaves – 15/03/25 | Everton 1-3 Arsenal – 14/03/25 |
Barcelona 3-1 Real Madrid – 12/03/25 | Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool – 09/03/25 |
Sevilla 0-4 Real Madrid – 09/03/25 | Arsenal 4-3 West Ham – 02/03/25 |
Real Madrid 0-5 Barcelona – 06/03/25 | Arsenal 5-0 Tottenham – 16/02/25 |
Athletic Club 1-2 Real Madrid – 02/03/25 | Arsenal 2-0 London City – 09/02/25 |
country | TV channel/livestream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery+, Discovery+ App, DAZN UK, TNT Sports 1 |
USA | DAZN USA |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Melanie Leupolz and Caroline Weir both missed the draw of the weekend with Deportivo Alaves, but the couple was probably absent as a precaution for the first leg on Tuesday. You should be back in action for Arsenal’s visit.
However, Madrid is without Teresa Abeleira after suffering a long -term knee injury to the world champion in February. Rocio Galvez is also injured.
The Danish International Signe Bruun is Madrid’s top goal scorer with six goals, but the 26-year-old has been in and out of the XI starting in the past few weeks and is certainly not guaranteed on Tuesday.
Madrid predicted the line-up against Arsenal (4-3-3): Misa; Antonia, licorice, Mendez, Carmona; Angeldal, Toletti, Leupolz; Weir, Caicedo, Redondo.
Visitors are again without Lotte Wubben-Moy, who was out of operation last month due to an injury. Manuela Zinsberger will probably also keep her place in the goal after Daphne Van Domselaar missed the victory on Friday via Everton with a concussion.
Emily Fox is the only fresh injury in the recent victory of the Gunners, but the full -back will probably be suitable on Tuesday after it was forced against the Toffees late.
The experienced couple Beth Mead and Caitlin Foord could return to an attack that was inspired by Alessia Russo and Maria Caldentey in Europe this season.
Arsenal predicted line-up against Madrid (4-2-3-1): Zinsberger; Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe; Little, Walti; Mead, Caldentey, Foord; Russo.
Arsenal was preserved a favorable draw, with Madrid showing again this season that they do not rank among the elites. They are a level among the Barcelonas, Lyons and the best that the Super League of women has to offer. However, Chelsea had to work hard for her two victories in the group phase.
Therefore, the preferred visitors should not be expected to stretch on Tuesday despite their rampant form, where they have been achieved twelve times in the last three WSL excursions.
Winning on the street in Europe is not an easy task, but the Gunners of Slegers do the task in the Spanish capital to set up for a semi-finals.