UEFA Women’s Champions League 2024/25 | Chelsea-Real Madrid: Schedule and where to watch the match – Today, October 8

STATE OF FORM

White arrives in great form after counting all of their League F games as victories, co-leading the standings with FC Barcelona. There have been five games and five wins, with an average of three goals per game and only one goal conceded. The return of the excellent Caroline Weirthe electricity of Athenea del Castillo and Linda Caicedoas well as the nose of forwards like Brunn, Möller or the newcomer Alba Redondoare some of the good news. The bad news: Sandie Toletti, one of Toril’s essential players, suffers a torn external ligament and will be out for several weeks.

Real Madrid women in the qualifying phase of the 2024/25 Champions League.

THIS IS HOW THE CHELSEA ARRIVES

Already under the orders of the legendary Sonia Bompastor after the goodbye of the laureate Emma Hayes, the Chelsea have started the season like a shot, winning their first two FA WSL games 1-0 against Aston Villa and 0-7 against Crystal Palace. Considered one of the great candidates for the title (it has reached at least the semi-finals in five of the last six editions, playing in the final against Barça and losing it in 2021), it has recognizable figures such as Lucy Bronze (recently signed after leaving Barcelona), Lauren James o Mayra RamirezColombian striker formerly of Sporting de Huelva and Levante for whom Chelsea burst the women’s football market. The Spanish Alejandra Bernabé is part of the ‘blue’ squad. Its great star, the Australian Sam Kerr, He continues to recover from his second cruciate ligament tear.

Lauren James of Chelsea applauds fans after the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage match between Chelsea FC Women and Real Madrid CF at Stamford Bridge on January 24, 2024 in London, England.

BACKGROUND

This is the third time that Real Madrid has faced Chelsea in a group stage of the Women’s Champions League. Although the white team has been able to compete in all of them and has even taken points from the blues in Valdebebas (1-1 in 2022 and 2-2 in 2023), it does not know what it is like to beat the English champion, who did win in the two matches held in London (2-0 and 2-1).

Chelsea celebrates a goal against Real Madrid

GROUP

Real Madrid is in group B, which is also made up of Dutch Twente, Scottish Glasgow Celtic and Chelsea, so this match will surely be the most complicated outing for the Toril team. These are the times of all their meetings:

Matchday 1 (October 8, 9:00 p.m.): Chelsea- Real Madrid

Day 2 (October 17, 6:45 p.m.): Real Madrid – Celtic

Day 3 (November 13, 6:45 p.m.): Real Madrid – Twente

Day 4 (November 20, 6:45 p.m.): Twente- Real Madrid

Matchday 5 (December 11, 9:00 p.m.): Celtic- Real Madrid

Day 6 (December 17, 6:45 p.m.):Real Madrid – Chelsea

Real Madrid women celebrate a goal

WHERE TO SEE

Chelsea-Real Madrid can be seen on DAZN.