Real Madrid vs Paris FC Women’s Champions League preview, Digi Mart USA News: Real Madrid face their fourth Women’s Champions League match of the season after three consecutive draws, and are under growing pressure to secure a win when they host Paris FC, who have also yet to win in this early European campaign.
Pau Quesada’s side has drawn three difficult matches so far. They opened with a 1-1 draw against PSG in Madrid, followed by a 1-1 draw at Manchester City’s training ground and a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich.
In each match, Real Madrid took the lead first.
With three points, the Spanish club sits ninth in a five-way tie with City, Køge, Benfica and Servette. The top four teams at the end of this round advance directly to the quarterfinals, while teams placed fifth through twelfth must play a knockout playoff.
Real Madrid’s goal is to get past the quarterfinals, a barrier they have failed to clear on three occasions in the competition. In the Liga F, Quesada’s team is second, four points behind Barcelona.
Last weekend they drew 1-1 with Athletic Club, again surrendering a lead and falling further behind the leaders.
In that match at Lezama, Colombian Linda Caicedo had to leave the field in the 64th minute with a leg problem, visibly grimacing and struggling to put weight on her foot. There has been no official confirmation of her condition, but she would be a significant loss for Quesada, given her three goals and one assist this season.
Paris FC also have yet to win in the top European competition. They lost to Barcelona and drew with Arsenal and Häcken.
With two points, they sit 14th in the Champions League standings, outside the places that qualify for the next round.
In the domestic league, Sandrine Soubeyrand’s side is third after five wins, one draw and one defeat, with one fewer match played than Olympique Lyonnais, who lead comfortably, and PSG in second place.
Paris’ most significant absence is captain Clara Mateo. The French midfielder, who has scored six goals this season, two of them in the Champions League, was shown a red card in the final minute of the match against Häcken and will miss the tie against Real Madrid.
The two teams have met five times previously in the Champions League, three of them last season. In the 2025/2026 league phase, the match in Paris ended 1-1.
In the playoff round before the round of 16, Quesada’s side advanced with a 5-2 aggregate score (3-2 in Paris and 2-0 in Madrid). Paris won the two earlier meetings, both in 2023.
Kick-off is at 18:45 Madrid time (11:45 a.m. Central Mexico time).
Information from EFE and imagery from the Real Madrid Women’s account on X.
