UEFA Womens Champions League Matchday Preview: Complete Guide
The 2026/27 UEFA Women’s Champions League gets under way this week, with Europe’s leading clubs beginning a new league-phase campaign.
The competition has entered its second season with an 18-team league phase rather than the group-stage format used previously. Each club will play six different opponents, with three matches at home and three away.
The league table will then determine which teams advance directly to the quarter-finals, which enter the knockout phase play-offs and which are eliminated.
Read on for the full fixture list, a closer look at one of the headline ties of the opening matchday, and an explanation of what happens next in the competition.
What Are The UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 3 Fixtures?
Matchday 1 of the 2026/27 UEFA Women’s Champions League takes place across Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 September.
Unlike previous editions, there is no traditional group stage. All 18 clubs compete in one league table, with each team playing six different opponents during the league phase.
The latest Women’s Champions League fixtures are:
Wednesday, 28 October
Chelsea vs Roma – 5:45pm
Servette vs OH Leuven – 5:45pm
Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid – 5:45pm
OL Lyonnes vs Inter – 8pm
Arsenal vs Benfica – 8pm
Thursday, 29 October
Paris vs Hacken – 5:45pm
Austria Wien vs Juventus – 5:45pm
HB Koge vs Barcelona – 8pm
Manchester City vs PSG – 8pm
These nine matches represent the opening round of a six-match league phase. The top four teams in the final league table will progress directly to the quarter-finals, while teams finishing fifth to 12th will enter the knockout phase play-offs. The clubs finishing 13th to 18th will be eliminated.
UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 3: Game of the Week Preview
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid is one of the headline fixtures of the third matchday, bringing together two of Europe’s leading sides in a meeting between clubs with strong ambitions in this season’s Women’s Champions League.
Bayern have made an unbeaten start to the league phase, drawing 2-2 with Manchester City before recording a convincing 3-0 victory away to Benfica. That European form has been backed up by a strong domestic start, with Bayern also securing wins over Bayer Leverkusen, RB Leipzig and Freiburg.
Real Madrid have also started the campaign unbeaten across competitions. After overcoming Ajax in Champions League qualifying, they opened the league phase with a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain and followed it with a 1-1 draw at Manchester City.
Domestically, Madrid have recorded victories over Atlético Madrid, Deportivo and Valencia, while their latest Liga F outing produced an entertaining 5-3 comeback win away to Real Sociedad.
The fixture will be Bayern’s first meeting with Real Madrid in this season’s league phase, with the German champions hosting Madrid on 28 October. With both sides unbeaten in the competition and coming off eye-catching recent results, the encounter offers an early test of their credentials against high-level European opposition.
What Were The UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 2 Results?
The latest Women’s Champions League results are:
Wednesday, 30 September
Hacken 0-3 Juventus – 5:45pm
Paris 2-2 Arsenal – 5:45pm
Roma 0-6 Barcelona – 5:45pm
Lyon 0-0 Chelsea – 8pm
Benfica 0-3 Bayern – 8pm
Thursday, 1 October
Austria Wien 1-1 Inter – 5:45pm
HB Koge 5-1 Servette – 5:45pm
PSG 5-0 OH Leuven – 8pm
Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid – 8pm
The remaining league-phase matchdays are scheduled for 30 September/1 October, 28/29 October, 10/11 November, 18/19 November and 16 December. The knockout phase play-offs are scheduled for February, followed by the quarter-finals in March and April and the semi-finals in May. The final is scheduled to take place at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw on 28, 29 or 30 May 2027.
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