Slavia Praha vs Wolfsburg match facts

Slavia Praha will aim to bounce back from their narrow loss on Matchday 1 in Group B at home to Wolfsburg, who ended the Czech side's hopes of a UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final spot in 2017/18.

The Czech champions were beaten 1-0 by fellow group stage debutants Roma on 20 October. Marjolen Nekesa went closest for the visitors, hitting the crossbar with a looping shot with just over seven minutes remaining.

Wolfsburg secured an emphatic 4-0 Matchday 1 home success against St. Pölten, only Real Madrid (33) having more shots across the opening group fixtures than Die Wölfinnen's 26. Ewa Pajor struck twice in the opening 15 minutes, with Lena Lattwein and Jill Roord both finding the net after the break.

The sides crossed paths in the 2017/18 quarter-finals, a campaign that equalled Slavia's best UEFA Women's Champions League performance. Wolfsburg triumphed in emphatic fashion, despatching the Czech side 6-1 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-1 a) en route to reaching the final, where they lost in extra time to Lyon.

The She-Wolves raced into an early two-goal lead in the first leg in Germany in March 2018, courtesy of quickfire strikes from Pernille Harder (12) and Caroline Graham Hansen (13). Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir added a third six minutes before the break, Harder (58) and Ewa Pajor (85) completing the scoring after the interval.

In the return leg in Prague six days later, Slavia took the lead on the half-hour through Petra Divišová, Pajor's 68th-minute effort levelling for the visitors.

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Petra Divišová 

The 38-year-old struck the opening goal in the last competitive meeting between these sides, the 1-1 draw in Prague in March 2018.

The attacker had a spell playing in Germany for Regionalliga side Gera 03 in the mid-2000s.

Divišová hit six goals as Slavia reached the quarter-finals of the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League, featuring in all nine matches in their run to the last eight, where they were beaten 6-2 on aggregate by Wolfsburg's domestic rivals Bayern München.

The forward scored the 83rd-minute equaliser after coming on as a substitute as Slavia recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against city rivals Sparta on 15 October.

She has been with Slavia since joining from Blatná in 2007, last season's league title her sixth championship with the Prague side.

The former international, who scored 17 goals in 53 appearances for Czechia between 2007 and 2019, was named the Czech Women's Footballer of the Year in 2009 and 2010.

Ewa Pajor

The 25-year-old scored in both legs of the She-Wolves' 6-1 aggregate quarter-final win against Slavia in March 2018.

Pajor was named Player of the Match as she scored two goals and created another in the 4-0 Matchday 1 success against St. Pölten on 20 October.

The forward got Wolfsburg's second goal in the fourth minute of added time to seal a 2-0 away victory at Turbine Potsdam on 15 October.

Pajor struck the opening two goals in Die Wölfinnen's 4-0 defeat of Turbine Potsdam in the DFB-Pokal Frauen final in May, her seventh German Cup victory in as many seasons.

The attacker also claimed her fifth league title in 2021/22, managing eight goals in just seven Frauen-Bundesliga games in an injury-hit season.

The Polish international scored in nine successive appearances for club and country either side of the summer, 15 goals in total including three in the 7-0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win at home to Kosovo on 6 September.

Key facts

Slavia have drawn their two UEFA Women's Champions League home games against German opposition 1-1, against both Wolfsburg in the 2017/18 quarter-finals and Bayern München in the 2018/19 quarter-finals.

The Prague club have won only one of their last nine UEFA Women's Champions League matches (D2 L6).

Karel Piták's side have failed to score in five of their last six European fixtures.

Slavia are unbeaten in their last 14 home matches in all competitions (W12 D2).

Wolfsburg have won their last three UEFA Women's Champions League group stage matches without conceding a goal.

The German club have lost only two of their last 11 UEFA Women's Champions League matches (W6 D3).

Die Wölfinnen have scored three or more goals in each of their last three group games in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Wolfsburg have kept five clean sheets in their last seven UEFA Women's Champions League matches.

The She-Wolves have only failed to score in two of their last 42 European games.