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Barcelona hosts Arsenal in Women’s Champions League blockbuster

Defending champion Barcelona plays Arsenal on Thursday as Manchester City seeks its first win.

By , Sports writer

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Barcelona hosts Arsenal in the Women’s Champions League on Thursday. Barcelona leads the league phase with a perfect record, while Arsenal is two points behind. Manchester City seeks its first win after drawing its first three matches.

Key takeaways

  • Barcelona leads the Women’s Champions League league phase with a perfect record
  • Arsenal is two points behind Barcelona, level with Lyonnes and Chelsea
  • Manchester City seeks its first win after drawing its first three matches
  • The league phase features 18 teams, with the top four advancing directly to the quarterfinals

Barcelona hosts Arsenal in the Women’s Champions League on Thursday as defending champion Barcelona plays Arsenal, according to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

Two of the biggest teams meet in the Women’s Champions League on Thursday as defending champion Barcelona hosts Arsenal, with the two clubs having won the past four editions of the tournament. Both teams have dominated the tournament in recent years.

Barcelona has won three of the past four titles but was beaten by Arsenal in the final in 2025.

League phase standings

Barcelona currently leads the league phase with a perfect record. Arsenal is two points behind Barcelona, level with last season’s runner-up OL Lyonnes and Chelsea. Lyonnes visits Juventus, while Chelsea hosts Häcken. Manchester City seeks its first win after drawing its first three matches and visits Inter Milan.

Competition context

The league phase features 18 teams, with the top four advancing directly to the quarterfinals. The UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL), previously called the UEFA Women’s Cup (2001–2009), is a European women’s association football competition.

It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.

The 2026–27 UEFA Women’s Champions League is the 26th edition of the European women’s club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 18th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

It started on 22 July 2026 and will end with the final on 28, 29, or 30 May 2027.

This is the second season under a new format, which has 18 participating teams, playing six games each against different opponents in a league phase, all in a joint group.

What happens next

Lyonnes visits Juventus, while Chelsea hosts Häcken. Manchester City visits Inter Milan after drawing its first three matches.

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