Wolfsburg vs Roma match facts

Two-time European champions Wolfsburg welcome UEFA Women's Champions League debutants Roma to Germany with both sides unbeaten on seven points after three matches in Group B. The winners of this Matchday 4 encounter will be through to the quarter-finals if St. Pölten do not defeat Slavia in the group's other fixture.

The points were shared in Italy on Matchday 3 as Roma's Valentina Giacinti and Wolfsburg's Ewa Pajor both scored for the third successive Group B fixture in a keenly contested 1-1 draw.

Both teams went into that game on maximum points. Roma beat Slavia Praha 1-0 at home before staging a remarkable 4-3 comeback win away to St. Pölten, while the German champions kept clean sheets in overcoming first their Austrian counterparts, 4-0 at home, then the Czech title holders, 2-0 in Prague.

Wolfsburg, who are seeking their first UEFA Women's Champions League title since back-to-back triumphs in 2013 and 2014 and have never failed to make it through to at least the quarter-finals in all ten appearances over the past decade, reached last season's semi-final, where they bowed out to holders Barcelona (1-5 a, 2-0 h).

The She-Wolves reclaimed the German domestic crown last season from nearest challengers Bayern München to make it five Frauen-Bundesliga titles in six campaigns and seven overall, equalling 1. FFC Frankfurt's record.

Roma, who finished runners-up in Serie A Femminile last season five points behind champions Juventus, are in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage at the first time of asking. In round 1 they overcame Scottish outfit Glasgow City 3-1 in their first ever European tie before beating Paris FC on penalties after a 0-0 draw, then saw off Sparta Praha with a couple of comeback wins in round 2 (2-1 a, 4-1 h).

Players to watch

Jill Roord

The Netherlands international midfielder is appearing in her ninth UEFA Women's Champions League campaign and second with Wolfsburg, for whom she scored six European goals last season.

The 25-year-old found the net for the fourth successive UEFA Women's Champions League game when she completed the scoring in Wolfsburg's 4-0 home win against St. Pölten on Matchday 1.

In all Roord has scored 26 goals in European competition, including 14 for Twente, four for Bayern München and one for Arsenal.

Roord joined Wolfsburg from Arsenal in 2021, winning the German league and cup double in her debut season. She was also a Dutch champion on four occasions with first club Twente.

A European champion with the Netherlands in 2017, aged 20, she has since represented her country at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they were runners-up, the Tokyo Olympics and UEFA Women's EURO 2022.

Manuela Giugliano

Giugliano has started all seven UEFA Women's Champions League matches for Roma this season, appearing on the field for every minute of the team's three Group B fixtures.

This is the Roma No10's first European campaign since 2017/18 but her fourth in total, having already appeared in the UEFA Women's Champions League for three other clubs – Torres, Verona and Brescia.

The 25-year-old scored her first European goal in Roma's dramatic 4-3 comeback win away to St. Pölten on Matchday 2.

She joined Roma from AC Milan in 2019 after starring for Italy at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France and won the Coppa Italia with the Giallorosse in 2020/21, beating her old club on penalties in the final.

She also represented Italy at UEFA Women's EURO in 2017 and 2022.

Key facts

Wolfsburg had won four successive UEFA Women's Champions League group stage matches without conceding a goal before the 1-1 draw at Roma on Matchday 3.

The German club have lost only two of their last 13 UEFA Women's Champions League matches (W7 D4).

Wolfsburg have kept six clean sheets in their last nine UEFA Women's Champions League encounters.

Wolfsburg have scored in all but two of their last 44 European games.

Roma are yet to lose a European game, winning five of their first seven UEFA Women's Champions League matches and drawing the other two, the first of which preceded a victory on penalties.

The Giallorosse have yet to keep a clean sheet in a UEFA Women's Champions League away fixture.