Real Madrid vs. Paris FC Women’s Champions League preview, Digi Mart USA News (Madrid, Spain): Real Madrid and Paris FC meet as both teams look to get off the mark in the 2026-27 UEFA Women’s Champions League. The fourth matchday fixture takes place at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Madrid, with both clubs in precarious positions in the table.
Real Madrid have had a rocky start to the new season. They sit ninth in the Champions League group phase table, three places below the qualification line.
All three of their matches so far have ended in draws, and in each one they scored first before giving up the three points by full time.
The most recent round was particularly frustrating. Real Madrid led FC Bayern 2-0 within 27 minutes, with goals from Athenea del Castillo and Lineth Beerensteyn.
Bayern, who were unbeaten in the previous Frauen-Bundesliga season and were last season’s Champions League semifinalists, completed a comeback by the 52nd minute.
Real Madrid had also faced Manchester City and PSG in the opening two rounds, with the same pattern repeating. Linda Caicedo put the visitors ahead against City, only for their opponents to equalize at the same minute Momoko Tanikawa would later score for Bayern.
Against PSG, Real Madrid went up 1-0 in the second minute but settled for a 1-1 draw.
This fixture is a rematch of last season’s knockout playoff tie. Paris FC are seeking to avenge a 5-2 aggregate loss to Real Madrid that ended their European hopes last season.
Paris FC had reached the knockout playoffs after finishing 10th in the league phase, and they drew 1-1 with Madrid on Matchday 3. Real Madrid won both ties, which included a red card and an own goal conceded by the French side.
Paris FC currently sit 14th in the table, two places outside qualification for the knockout playoffs. Their campaign began with a 5-2 defeat to FC Barcelona, the four-time and current winners of the competition.
They then came back from 2-0 down to draw with Arsenal, and they were denied a win against BK Häcken when Anna Anvegård scored in the 94th minute to salvage a draw.
Paris FC enter the fixture five games unbeaten, with their only other defeat this season a 7-1 loss to Lyonnes, the current Première Ligue leaders. Paris FC also beat Real Madrid in the teams’ first meeting in 2023, at the same venue.
The French side followed a 1-1 draw with PSG with a 5-0 win over Montpellier at the weekend.
Real Madrid sit second in Liga F behind FC Barcelona. They also enter the fixture five games unbeaten, though their last defeat was a 7-0 El Clásico loss in early October.
Madrid have scored three goals in each of their last three wins, while the two draws in that run came against the same kind of late setbacks, most recently against Athletic Club over the weekend, where they conceded a 90+ minute equalizer.
Linda Caicedo is likely to miss this fixture after going off injured in the 64th minute against Athletic Club. Real Madrid’s expected lineup is: M.
Frohms; S. Cristóbal, M.
Lakrar, M. Méndez, E.
Navarro; E. Senß, F.
Angeldahl, A. Caruso; A.
del Castillo, L. Beerensteyn, S.
Bruun.
Clara Mateo received a red card in the previous round and will be unavailable for Paris FC. Paris FC’s expected lineup is: K.
Seweryn; M. N’Dongala, T.
Gréboval, C. Ould Hocine, K.
Roche-Dufour; K. Korošec, A.
Le Moguédec, M. Mendy; M.
Toloba, K. Torres, E.
Viens.
