Key events
The other English club and the defending champions Arsenal played yesterday. They faced a resolute FC Twente, find out how they got on:
Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich team news
Atletico Madrid welcome back Synne Jensen and Xènia Pérez after they missed the Liga F match this past weekend but they start from the bench.
Atletico Madrid: Gallardo, Lloris, Lauren, Menayo, Medina, Garcia, Boe Risa, Fiamma, Fernandez, Sarriegi, Luany.
Bench: Larqué, Bucero, Pérez, Jensen, Otermín, Bartel, Portales, Peñalvo, Gómez, Cris, Rodríguez, Miñambre.
The German visitors have a whole host of internationals in their ranks but Georgia Stanway does not feature this evening.
Bayern Munich: Mahmutovic, Gwinn, Viggosdottir, Gilles, Kett, Caruso, Tanikawa, Dallmann, Harder, Buhl, Damnjanovic.
Bench: Grohs, Klink, Ballisager, Eriksson, T. Hansen, Schüller, Alara, Simon.
Chelsea v Roma team news
Hosts Chelsea will be without Erin Cuthbert and Nathalie Bjorn because of injury but they do start star striker Sam Kerr.
Chelsea: Peng, Bronze, Bright, Buurman, Charles, Walsh, Kaptein, Kaneryd, Macario, Baltimore, Kerr.
Bench: Spencer, Carpenter, Girma, Jean-Francois, Nusken, Reiten, Hamano, Potter, Sarwie, Thompson, Beever-Jones.
Roma have a number of threats across the pitch but the Blues should be wary of Alayah Pilgrim who starts up front.
Roma: Lukasova, Bergamaschi, Heatley, Oladipo, Thogersen, Pandini, Kuhl, Giugliano, Dragoni, Babajide, Pilgrim.
Bench: Baldi, Soggiu, Di Guglielmo, Valdezate, Viens, Corelli, Greggi, Pante, Rieke, Ventriglia, Galli.
Man Utd v OL Lyonnes team news
Manchester United start star midfielders Jess Park and Ella Toone on the bench for tonight’s encounter.
Man Utd: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, George, Le Tissier, Malard, Rolfo, Awujo, Riviere, Naalsund, Hinata, Williams.
Bench: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, Blundell, Janssen, Galton, Park, Toone, Zigiotti, Griffiths.
OL Lyonnes similarly leave a few stars on the bench with the likes of Wendie Renard and Marie-Antoinette Katoto named as substitutes.
OL Lyonnes: Endler, Tarciane, Sombath, Engen, Bacha, Heaps, Damaris, Dumornay, Brand, Hegerberg, Chawinga.
Bench: Belhadj, Micah, Renard, Junttila Nelhage, Becho, Shrader, Katoto, Diani, Lawrence, Yohannes, Svava, Benyahia
Preamble
Hello and welcome to this evening’s coverage of the Women’s Champions League. We will be covering all three games this evening but there will be a focus on Chelsea v Roma and Manchester United v OL Lyonnes.
It is the penultimate round of Champions League matches in the league stage and after some games yesterday it is Juventus who sit on top of the table. Barcelona, who kick-off at 5.45pm GMT against Benfica, have a chance to take back top spot with a win.
In the build-up to kick-off there will be a whole host of preview updates and news but do also get in touch via email.
We will bring you the latest updates and scores from the earlier kick-offs too and the team news from the three 8pm GMT games will be dropping shortly so make sure you stay tuned.
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