Holders Barcelona want to exert revenge for their 2022 Women’s Champions League final defeat against Lyon when the two meet again at San Mames.
BAR-W vs LYN-W Match Details
Date: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Time: 18:00 (CET), 21:30 (IST)
Venue: San Mames, Bilbao
BAR-W vs LYN-W Match Preview
Barcelona have gone strength to strength by reaching a fourth consecutive Women’s Champions League final and for the fifth time in their history in the last five years. They have been winners twice including in the last season when they came from two goals down at half-time to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 in a dramatic final. The reigning champions were overly dominant this time by staying unbeaten in the entire group stage, eliminating Brann in the quarterfinal and overturning a 1-0 first-leg deficit to claim a 2-0 away win over Chelsea in the last four to reach a showpiece yet again. Barcelona are now hoping to become just the third team to win at least three Champions League trophies and reward their departing manager Jonatan Giraldez, in his last game, a fourth silverware this season. However, the opposition that stands in their way has beaten them on every occasion in the competition including in two final matches.
Record champions Lyon are experiencing their 11th Women’s Champions League final and are aiming to be crowned 10th time. The French giants are chasing a treble which will be a fitting farewell to their manager Sonia Bompastor as well. They will face a familiar foe in Barcelona at Bilbao having defeated them in the first final meeting 4-1 and in the last meeting, 3-1 in 2022. On both occasions, the side finished off the game in the first half itself. Lyon will be wondering for the same to happen again to keep their 100% record intact against the Catalan giants. Bompastor’s girls followed the same path as Barcelona in the competition this season by not losing a game pipping Brann to the first place in the group, overcoming Benfica’s challenge in the quarterfinals and winning two intense ties with domestic rivals PSG in the semis. Both the teams are well accustomed to the mentality required at this stage but Lyon has come out top in this battle each time despite not being marked favourites.
Recent Form (all competitions)
BAR-W: WWWWW
LYN-W: WWLWW
Recent Form (Women’s Champions League)
BAR-W: WLWWD
LYN-W: WWWWD
BAR-W vs LYN-W Predicted Lineups
Barcelona Femeni
Coll; Batlle, Paredes, Engen, Rolfo; Bonmati, Walsh, Guijarro; Graham Hansen, Caldentey, Paralluelo
Lyon Women
Endler; Carpenter, Gilles, Renard, Bacha; Horan, Egurrola, Van de Donk; Diani, Cascarino, Dumornay
BAR-W vs LYN-W Head-to-Head
Played - 4
BAR-W won - 0
Drawn - 0
LYN-W won - 4
BAR-W vs LYN-W Dream11 Match Prediction
Barcelona might finally have their say over Lyon in the Champions League final and claim their third title. We predict another exciting showpiece with the Spanish giant winning 3-2.
BAR-W vs LYN-W Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Aitana Bonmati
Vice-captain Picks: Graham Hansen, Kadidiatou Diani
Others: Melchie Dumornay
Our top picks for the BAR-W vs LYN-W Dream11 team are Aitana Bonmati (5 goals, 5 assists in 10 Women’s Champions League matches), Graham Hansen (5 goals and 5 assists in 9 Women’s Champions League matches) and Kadidiatou Diani (8 goals and 1 assist in 10 Women’s Champions League matches). The other option is Melchie Dumornay with 2 goals and 3 assists in four matches in Europe this season.
BAR-W vs LYN-W Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Endler (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 142)
DEF: Battle (Cr - 8.5, Pts -276), Bronze (Cr - 8, Pts -227), Bacha (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 342)
MID: Bonmati (Cr - 9, Pts - 585), Cascarino (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 227), Caldentey (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 252), Dumornay (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 249)
FW: Diani (Cr - 9, Pts - 432), Paralluelo (Cr - 9, Pts - 366), Hansen (Cr - 9, Pts - 418)
Vice-captain: Graham Hansen
Captain: Aitana Bonmati
