The UEFA Women’s Champions League 2021 is going to host a number of matches for the quarter-finals line-up. Among those matches, the BAR-W vs MCI-W face-off is one of them. This upcoming combat between the teams Barcelona Women and Manchester City Women is going to take place at U-Power Stadium on March 24. According to Indian Standard Time, this contest between these two teams will begin at 05:00 PM IST.
Barcelona Women vs Manchester City Women Preview
The first-leg match of the tournament’s quarter-finals is going to take place between Barcelona Women and Manchester City Women. Talking about the teams individually, the Manchester City Women (MCI-W) in the league stage gained 42 points in their pocket which secured them second spot in the point table. They have won all the four matches that they played in the UEFA Women’s Champions League-2020-21. They have won against Fiorentina Women by 3-0 scores in the Round of 16 first-leg match. On the other hand, the team Barcelona Women (BAR-W) has also played four matches in total and gained success in all of them. The have won against the team Fortuna Hjorring Women by 4-0 scores in the Round of 16 first-leg match. The team BAR-W won against the same opponent by 5-0 in the second-leg match.
BAR-W vs MCI-W Team Squads
Barcelona Women Squads
Sandra Paños, Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati, Bruna Vilamala, Andreas Pereira, Jennifer Hermoso, Ana Maria Crnogorevic, Jana Fernández, Asisat Oshoala, Andrea Falcón, Ariadna Mingueza, Catalina Coll, Gemma Font, Laia García, Meritxell Muñoz, Laia Codina, Mapi León, Melanie Serrano Pérez, Marta Torrejón, Emma Ramírez, Vicky Losada, Kheira Hamraoui, Caroline Graham Hansen, Patri Guijarro, Mariona Caldentey, Lieke Martens, Giovana Queiroz, Leila Ouahabi
Manchester City Women Squads
Jessica Park, Steph Houghton, Janine Beckie, Abby Dahlkemper, Karen Bardsley, Ellie Roebuck, Karina Benameur, Khiara Keating, Sam Mewis, Alex Greenwood, Anna Phillips, Aoife Mannion, Ellen White Gemma Bonner, Megan Campbell, Esme Morgan, Lucy Bronze, Laura Coombs, Tyler Toland, Caroline Weir, Keira Walsh, Ravening, Millie Davies, Chloe Kelly, Georgia Stanway, Rose Lavelle, Lauren Hemp, Demi Stokes
Probable Playing 11
Team BAR-W: Sandra Paños, Asisat Oshoala, Andrea Falcón, Andreas Pereira, Jennifer Hermoso, Mariona Caldentey, Catalina Coll, Caroline Graham Hansen, Giovana Queiroz, Gemma Font, Laia García,
Team MCI-W: Sam Mewis, Alex Greenwood, Abby Dahlkemper, Caroline Weir, Keira Walsh, Ellen White, Georgia Stanway, Esme Morgan, Ellie Roebuck, Chloe Kelly, Lauren Hemp
Key Players & Winner Prediction
As of now, both the teams are very strong opponents and this is definitely going to be a thrilling quarter-finals match. Whether its BAR-W or MCI-W, both have won their so far played four matches. The current form of both BAR-W and MCI-W is WWWW. Anything can happen in this match, however, we are predicting Barcelona Women to be the probable winner of this upcoming combat. Meanwhile, the team Barcelona Women (BAR-W) also have some great players such as Sandra Paños, Andreas Pereira, Catalina Coll, Gemma Font and Laia García, who will play as the key role for their team. Meanwhile, Manchester City Women (MCI-W) have Sam Mewis, Ellen White and Lauren Hemp as their ranking players. These key players have scored 3, 3 and 1 goals respectively.
