Arsenal face a difficult task to overcome Wolfsburg with Lyon and Barcelona expected to challenge for European success
The reigning German and French champions have met once in the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain securing a 4-1 aggregate win, after a 1-0 first‑leg defeat, in the last eight of the 2016‑17 competition. Both teams look very different today. PSG were eliminated by Barcelona in the semi-finals last season, having beaten Lyon 2-1 away after a 1-0 home defeat to progress on away goals. They also got the better of the seven-times Champions League winners domestically, beating them to the title and ending Lyon’s 14-year dominance of the league. PSG got here by topping Group B without conceding while scoring 25 times in six games., with six goals coming from the Canada forward Jordyn Huitema. Bayern returned to the summit of the Frauen Bundesliga last season after losing out to Wolfsburg for four consecutive seasons. They, too, reached the semi-finals last season but bowed out with a 4-1 defeat by Chelsea at Kingsmeadow after a 2-1 home win. This time they finished runners up in Group D behind Lyon after a surprise 0-0 draw with Benfica in their opening game and a 2-1 defeat at Lyon.
