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Chelsea sit third in the table going into the final game. Last year’s semi-finalists are two points behind Barcelona and Lyon, both on 13 points.
Sonia Bompastor’s side are unbeaten in the competition and have only conceded two goals (in draws with Twente and Barcelona). They are in pole position to finish in one of the automatic qualification spots regardless of their result today against the two-time champions and last year’s quarter-finalists Wolfsburg.
Arsenal are the defending Champions League winners but it has not always looked like it. Currently in eighth, Renée Slegers’ team is heading for the playoff round, barring a miracle. They will be the heavy favourites at Leuven but unless rivals slip up, the reward for beating the Belgian team is likely to be only a more favourable seeding.
One potential outcome would be facing Leuven again in the round of 16 rather than tougher potential opponents like United or Paris FC.
Team news: Manchester United XI to face Juventus
Manchester United: Tullis-Joyce, Le Tissier, Janssen, George, Sandberg, Naalsund, Miyazawa, Park, Malard, Terland, Rolfö.
Subs: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, Blundell, Zigiotti Olme, Awujo, Toone, Galton, Williams.
Team news: Chelsea XI to face Wolfsburg
Chelsea: Peng, Bronze, Bright, Girma, Carpenter, Walsh, Cuthbert, Baltimore, Thompson, James, Kerr
Subs: Hampton, Charles, Buurman, Nusken, Reiten, Kaptein, Rytting Kaneryd, Hamano, Jean-Francois, Potter, Beever-Jones.
Team news: Arsenal XI to face Leuven
Arsenal: Borbe, Hinds, Wubben-Moy, Catley, McCabe, Cooney-Cross, Little, Mariona, Mead, Smith, Russo.
Subs: Liddiard, Fox, Williamson, Codina, Harwood, Maanum, Foord, Blackstenius.
Ten teams have secured a spot in the playoffs at least, including the three English sides: Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.
But today we will know who will secure an automatic quarter-final spot with only four points separating the teams in first and ninth.
We will get to how each English team looks heading into their respective matches but first … team news.
Preamble
It is all to play for in the last games of the Women’s Champions League league stage. Teams who finish in the top four after today’s games will book their spot straight into the quarter-finals, teams that fall from fifth to twelfth place will enter a two-leg knockout playoff and teams in 13th to 18th are eliminated.
All of the nine fixtures will kick-off simultaneously at 8pm GMT.
Wolfsburg v Chelsea
Juventus v Manchester United
OH Leuven v Arsenal
Paris FC v Barcelona
OL Lyonnes v Atlético Madrid
Twente v Real Madrid
Benfica v Paris Saint-Germain
Bayern v Vålerenga
Roma v St. Pölten
