Bayern Munich Women vs Barcelona Women - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayern Munich Women volition invited Barcelona Women to the Allianz Arena for the archetypal limb of their Women’s Champions League semi-final tie.

The German giants saw disconnected Manchester United successful the quarter-finals, portion the Blaugrana comfortably dispatched Clasico rivals Real Madrid.

Match preview

Bayern Munich are dreaming of lifting their first-ever Women's Champions League trophy aft successfully navigating their mode to the semi-finals for the archetypal clip since 2020-21.

The Bavarians collected 13 points from six matches to unafraid a top-four spot successful the league phase, earlier they claimed a 5-3 aggregate win implicit Manchester United successful the quarter-finals.

After winning 3-2 astatine Old Trafford, Bayern went connected to grounds a 2-1 triumph astatine the Allianz Arena to scope the UWCL semi-finals for the 3rd clip successful their history.

The Bavarians volition beryllium hoping to debar a repetition of their erstwhile semi-final appearances aft losing 2-0 implicit 2 legs to Barcelona in  2018-19 and 5-3 connected aggregate to Chelsea successful 2020-21.

Jose Barcala's broadside are successful the hunt for a quadruple aft they sealed the Frauen-Bundesliga rubric with a 3-2 distant triumph implicit Union Berlin connected Wednesday, adding to the German Super Cup they won backmost successful August.

Barcelona correspond a important obstacle to their quadruple aspirations, though they should judge they tin marque Saturday's archetypal limb a hard outing for the three-time European champions, considering they person won each 4 of their European location games this season.

Barcelona are acceptable to look successful a grounds eighth consecutive UWCL semi-final aft negotiating the league signifier and the past 8 with minimum fuss.

Pere Romeu’s broadside clinched apical spot successful the league signifier with 16 points from six matches, earlier they cruised past Real Madrid successful the archetypal UWCL gathering betwixt the 2 sides since the 2021-22 campaign.

After moving retired 6-2 winners astatine the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, the Blaugrana deed six without reply astatine the Camp Nou to seal a mammoth 12-2 aggregate victory. 

Like their hosts, Barcelona volition caput into Saturday's archetypal limb successful a celebratory temper aft sealing their seventh consecutive Liga F rubric successful Wednesday's 4-1 derby triumph implicit section rivals Espanyol.

Having present claimed the Spanish Super Cup and the Liga F title, Barcelona's adjacent accidental to assertion silverware volition travel successful the Copa de la Reina last against Atletico Madrid connected May 16.

They volition fancy their chances of being successful Oslo for the UWCL last 7 days later, fixed the information they person progressed from each of their 19 two-legged ties successful the contention and thrashed Bayern 7-1 astatine location successful October's league signifier meeting. 

Bayern Munich Women Women's Champions League form:

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Bayern Munich Women signifier (all competitions):

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Barcelona Women Women's Champions League form:

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Barcelona Women signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Bayern Munich are incapable to telephone upon the midfield duo of Lena Oberdorf and Sarah Zadrazil owed to semipermanent genu injuries.

Jovana Damnjanovic and Alara stay unavailable for selection, though the second has precocious returned to squad training.

In affirmative news, Klara Buhl is disposable for enactment aft returning from wounded arsenic a substitute successful Wednesday's triumph implicit Union.

Meanwhile, Barcelona stay the services of Laia Aleixandri, who volition beryllium retired for a important play aft sustaining a superior genu wounded successful February. 

Aitana Bonmati, who has been sidelined since November, is closing successful connected a instrumentality to competitory action, though the archetypal limb whitethorn travel excessively soon for the three-time Ballon d’Or winner.

Midfielder Patri Guijarro should diagnostic successful the starting lineup, having recovered from the insignificant ankle contented she picked up successful Spain’s decision to England earlier this month.

Bayern Munich Women imaginable starting lineup:

Mahmutovic; Gwinn, Viggosdottir, Gilles, Simon; Stanway, Amani; Dallmann, Tanikawa, Kett; Harder

Barcelona Women imaginable starting lineup:

Coll; Batlle, Paredes, Leon, Brugts; Lopez, Guijarro, Putellas; Graham, Pina, Pajor

We say: Bayern Munich Women 2-2 Barcelona Women

Bayern were heavy beaten erstwhile they faced Barcelona at Estadi Johan Cruyff successful October, but they person location vantage successful their favour this clip around, and we deliberation they volition bash capable to debar defeat, though a first-leg triumph whitethorn beryllium a measurement excessively acold for the German giants.

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