Arsenal and Real Madrid meet in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg on Wednesday 26 March at Arsenal Stadium.
Arsenal vs Real Madrid at a glance
When: Wednesday 26 March (21:00 CET kick-off)
Where: Arsenal Stadium, London
What: UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg
First leg: 0-2
How to follow: Build-up can be found here
Semi-finals: Winners vs Lyon or Bayern München (19/20 & 26/27 April; Arsenal or Real Madrid at home in first leg)
What do you need to know?
Madrid's only previous quarter-final in 2021/22 resulted in home and away defeats by Barcelona but goals from Linda Caicedo and Athenea del Castillo gave them victory against an Arsenal side who, like Lyon, are at this stage for a joint-record 16th time.
Caicedo, Signe Bruun (who got the winner in a 2020 quarter-final for Paris Saint-Germain against Arsenal) and former Gunner Caroline Weir all impressed for Madrid, who have struggled against Chelsea in the last three group stages but have beaten English opposition both times they have faced them in knockout ties; Manchester City in 2021/22 and 2022/23 qualifying. Madrid were further boosted on Sunday when Weir's late double in Alberto Toril's 150th game as coach gave them a 3-1 league win at Barcelona, who had beaten them in all 18 previous meetings.
Arsenal now have a big task if they are to make an eighth semi-final but the last time they were at this stage they lost an away first leg, 1-0 at Bayern, and prevailed 2-0 at home in the return. The Gunners are also the only club to go through in a quarter-final after losing the first leg by more than one goal, against Torres Terra Sarda in 2004/05 when Arsenal lost 2-0 in Sardinia but dramatically won 4-1 at Borehamwood. Bouncing back from losing 5-2 at Bayern on Matchday 1 this season to top their group ahead of the German side shows that Arsenal are not to be written off.
First-leg highlights: Real Madrid 2-0 Arsenal
Form guide
Arsenal
Last six games: WLWLWW
Last match: Arsenal 4-0 Liverpool, 22/03, league
Where they stand: 2nd in Women's Super League
Real Madrid
Last six games: WWDLWL
Last match: Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid, 23/03, league
Where they stand: 2nd in Liga F
Where to watch
Matches in this season's UEFA Women's Champions League will be broadcast live and free on streaming platform DAZN throughout the world with the exception of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where rights sit with beIN MENA, and China and its territories.
Selected matches are also streamed free on DAZN's YouTube channel. The YouTube stream will also be embedded in the UEFA.com MatchCentres and on UEFA.tv for selected UEFA Women's Champions League games, with highlights to follow at midnight CET.
Possible starting line-ups
Arsenal: Zinsberger; Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe; Little, Mariona; Mead, Maanum, Kelly; Russo
Real Madrid: Misa; Sheila García, Lakrar, María Méndez, Olga Carmona; Toletti, Irune Dorado, Angeldahl; Linda Caicedo, Weir; Bruun
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Linda Caicedo: 'We can't get overconfident'
View from the camps
Renée Slegers , Arsenal coach: "We always have to look at the details where we can improve and analyse everything. We all believe we can do different things in the second leg."
Alberto Toril, Real Madrid coach: "Being able to play in the quarter-finals and beat an opponent like this tells us that we are on the right track. This is a prestigious victory. But it's only the first part."
Where is the 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?
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Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon will stage the 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final on Saturday 24 May.
The home of Sporting CP opened in 2003 ahead of UEFA EURO 2004 in Portugal, replacing another stadium of the same name. It hosted a semi-final of that tournament, among other games, and was the venue for the UEFA Cup decider the following year.
The 2025 final will be the second Women's Champions League showpiece to be held in Lisbon after 2014, when Estádio do Restelo staged Wolfsburg's 4-3 win against Tyresö.