Real Madrid vs Arsenal LIVE: Women's Champions League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction
Arsenal return to Women's Champions League action tonight as they contest the first leg of their huge quarter-final showdown with Real Madrid at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano. The Gunners travel to Spain looking to continue their European charge having qualified for the group stages and then lost just one game en route to topping a table that also contained Bayern Munich and Juventus. A 5-2 defeat by Bayern contributed to the exit of previous head coach Jonas Eidevall, but successor Renee Slegers subsequently steadied the ship and led an impressive recovery effort.
However, Arsenal currently trail leaders Chelsea by eight points in the WSL title race, while they were recently upset by Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup having also been ousted from the League Cup semis by Manchester City. The opportunity for silverware is running out and there will now be extra focus on their Champions League campaign as they hope to win the competition for the first time since 2007.
Real Madrid will also be keen on progressing further in Europe as they trail rivals Barcelona by a long way domestically, but were a distant second behind Chelsea in their group. Follow Real Madrid vs Arsenal live below!
Kick-off: 5:45pm GMT | Estadio Alfredo di Stefano
How to watch: TNT Sports, DAZN YouTube
Arsenal team news: Blackstenius and Mead start
Standard Sport prediction
16:33 , Matt Verri
Arsenal XI: Zinsberger, Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe, Cooney-Cross, Little, Mariona, Mead, Russo, Blackstenius
Subs: Williams, Codina, Ilestedt, Nighswonger, Reid, Walti, Pelova, Maanum, Kelly, Foord, Kafaji, Hurtig
16:20 , Matt Verri
Chelsea scored five goals across their two group-stage matches with Real Madrid earlier this season, so the Spanish side can be got at defensively.
Arsenal have, overall, been impressive under Slegers, and we're going for them to take a narrow lead back to London.
Arsenal to win, 2-1.
16:04 , Matt Verri
Lotte Wubben-Moy and Daphne van Domselaar have not made the trip to Madrid.
It is otherwise a fit squad for Renee Slegers to choose from, though the Arsenal boss did reveal that Laia Codina has been contending with some 'minor' fitness issues.
15:50 , Matt Verri
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1. Coverage starts at 5.30pm GMT ahead of an 5.45pm kick-off.
Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website. The game will be broadcast for free on the DAZN Women's Football YouTube channel.
Live blog: You can follow all the action right here with us!
15:35 , Matt Verri
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of Real Madrid vs Arsenal in the Women's Champions League!
It's the first leg of this huge quarter-final tie, with the Gunners looking for a positive result to take back to north London.
We'll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news ahead of kick-off, which comes at 5:45pm GMT from the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano.
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