Montpellier W take on the visitors Chelsea W at “Stade de la Mosson” in the quarter-final clash of the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match will be played in Montpellier on Wednesday, March 21st.
Montpellier W have passed over Zvezda 2005 W and Brescia W on the previous stages of the UEFA Women's Champions League, having showed quite solid football. At the moment “La Paillade” occupies the third place in the French Division 1 Women table with 40 points gained after 17 encounters behind. The team’s offense looks massive and sustainable, having scored 54 goals so far while its defense cannot boast with the same level of toughness with 21 goals conceded. Montpellier W have broken Paris FC W 2-1, Rodez W 2-1 and Marseille W 3-1 in the latest home battles.
Chelsea W are one of the strongest ladies’ sides of Europe which has knocked out Bayern Munich W and Rosengard W in the previous rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League. “The Blues” currently settle on the first position in the English WSL 1 Women standings with 27 points earned after 11 gameweeks played. The club’s attack demonstrates powerful performance resulted in 31 scored goals, however, its defense doesn’t look weaker with only six goals conceded. In the recent away tackles Chelsea W have thrashed Liverpool W 3:0, deserved 2:2 draw against Manchester City W and celebrated 2”0 victory over Yeovil W.
There are no weak teams left at this stage of the tournament and even though Chelsea W have higher football level, still the away character of the clash neglects the superiority of the English ladies. Thus, the upcoming battle promises an interesting and spectacular fight.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
