Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League Women Quarter-finals between Lyon W and Paris SG W. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Lyon W form and stats
This stadium, Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu, has been a fortress for Lyon W in the Division 1 Women so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-0. 5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League Women for Lyon W. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi not having conceded a league goal in 264 minutes.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Le Havre W are coming to town in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Lyon is on fire here. A stunning 31 from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lyon have only let in 3 goals at home.
Paris SG W form and stats
Last season their Champions League Women adventure ended in the semi-finals.The strength of Paris SG W on their travels this season is incredible with 19 points collected from 7 Division 1 Women away games. Paris SG W has 6-1-0 on the road, with 33 goals scored and 0 conceded. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League Women stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Paris SG W as they haven't lost any of their last 24 games. Paris are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.
Paris have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli. It's been 638 minutes since they last conceded in Division 1 Women.
As mentioned above, Paris was the only team on the pitch versus Soyaux W in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention M. Katoto's lethal finishing against Soyaux W. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Paris are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (33 goals from 7 away games). Paris's manager O. Echouafni has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 0 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Paris SG W - Lyon W 0-1. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Lyon wins - draws - Paris SG W wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Katoto 20 goals |  K. Diani 13 goals |   N. Parris 11 goals |
Lyon W missing players
Paris SG W missing players
| Lyon W | Paris SG W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 78 | 43 | Scored | S | 41 | 90 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 68% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.7 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.3 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 8 | ||
| 46% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris SG W | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 69 | 49 |
| 2 | Lyon W | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 50 | 45 |
| 3 | Bordeaux W | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Paris W | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Guingamp W | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Montpellier W | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 7 | Stade de Reims | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Dijon W | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 9 | Fleury 91 W | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | Soyaux W | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 11 |
| 11 | Issy W | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 34 | -52 | 10 |
| 12 | Le Havre W | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -27 | 5 |