Lyon vs Juventus match facts

Holders Lyon and Juventus bid to join Group C leaders Arsenal in the 2022/23 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals as the last knockout slot is decided.

Lyon, who have ten points, will go through if they avoid defeat, whereas Juventus, on eight, must win in France to advance at the holders' expense.

Lyon will top the group if they win and Arsenal fail to do likewise in their final fixture away to FC Zürich. A Lyon draw and Arsenal defeat would also enable the French side to progress as group winners, whereas Juventus will finish first if they win and Arsenal lose.

The teams drew 1-1 when they met for the first time this season – and fifth overall – on Matchday 2 in Turin. Lindsey Horan opened the scoring for Lyon on 23 minutes but Juventus equalised early in the second half through an own goal from Melvine Malard, who had scored at the right end in three of Lyon's four previous games against Juve.

This is the third successive season in which the clubs have crossed swords. In 2020/21 Juventus were eliminated by Lyon on entry in the round of 32, the French side winning both games (3-2 a, 3-0 h). The contest was much closer in last season's quarter-final, Juventus winning the first home leg 2-1 but Lyon coming back to win the second 3-1 in France and reach the semi-finals for the 12th time. They returned to the Juventus Stadium to beat Barcelona 3-1 in the final.

Lyon not only extended their record trophy haul in this competition to eight victories last term but also claimed their 15th French league title in 16 seasons, finishing 11 points clear of nearest rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

Their UEFA Women's Champions League defence got off to a terrible start, however, when they lost their opening Group C fixture 5-1 at home to Arsenal – their heaviest European defeat – and then dropped further points in that 1-1 draw with Juventus. However, back-to-back wins against Zürich (3-0 a, 4-0 h), the second the club's ground-breaking 100th win in Europe, enabled them to leapfrog the Italian champions into second place, and they remained there thanks to a 1-0 victory at Arsenal on Matchday 5 – their third successive win without conceding.

Juventus clinched their fifth Serie A title in a row last term, and also went further than ever in Europe before Lyon eliminated them in the last eight. They had reached the quarter-finals after finishing as runners-up in Group A behind Wolfsburg, pipping 2020/21 finalists Chelsea to second place via a three-way tie-break.

The Turin outfit qualified for this year's group stage with a 3-1 aggregate win against Danish champions HB Køge (1-1 a, 2-0 h), having accounted for Luxembourg's Racing Union 4-0 and Israel's Qiryat Gat 3-1 in round 1.

Juve kicked off this season's group campaign with a 2-0 win at Zürich, then drew 1-1 at home against both Lyon and Arsenal before losing 1-0 to the English side in London on Matchday 4. They kept their qualification hopes alive last time out with a 5-0 victory in snowy Turin against Zürich, in which Cristiana Girelli scored four goals – to take her overall tally in Europe to 25 – with Lineth Beerensteyn adding the other.

Lyon's record against Italian teams in Europe is W8 D1 L2, including five wins out of five at home with 22 goals scored and just two conceded. Juventus have met no French opponents other than Lyon.

Players to watch

Delphine Cascarino

Cascarino joined Lyon as a schoolgirl in 2009 and made her first-team debut in 2014/15.

The 25-year-old forward has been involved in six of the French club's eight UEFA Women's Champions League triumphs and has also won seven French championships.

She is poised to make her 50th European appearance for the club. Cascarino has scored seven goals in her previous 49, though her added-time strike against Zürich on Matchday 4 ended a three-year drought.

She was voted Player of the Match in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League final, which Lyon won 3-1 against Wolfsburg.

Capped 51 times for France, she has scored 12 goals and competed at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup on home soil as well as UEFA Women's EURO 2022 in England.

Sofie Pedersen

A long-time Denmark international, Pedersen is close to completing her fourth year as a Juventus player.

She joined the Turin club in December 2018 after a short spell with Swedish side Vittsjö, having previously played in the Damallsvenskan for Rosengård and in 2017/18 for Spanish club Levante.

A Swedish champion in 2015, she has won the Serie A Femminile title in each of the past three seasons with Juventus as well as two Italian Cups.

Involved in Europe with Danish club Fortuna Hjørring and Rosengård, Pedersen has made 22 UEFA Women's Champions League appearances for Juve, with starts in all five Group C matches this term.

Capped for the first time by Denmark in December 2011, when she scored on her debut, she has been selected for each of the last three EUROs, starting the 2017 final against the Netherlands (2-4).

Key facts

Lyon have failed to score in just one of their last 42 European games – a 1-0 loss at Bayern München in last season's group stage.

This is the first season in which Lyon failed to win either of their opening two European fixtures. Indeed, they won both of their first two in all 15 previous campaigns.

Lyon's home record in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage is W4 L1.

Juve's defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 4 was one of only three in their last 21 European matches (W13 D5) and ended a seven-match unbeaten run (W3 D4).

It was also one of just two of the Turin side's last 21 UEFA Women's Champions League fixtures in which they failed to score.

Juventus have kept clean sheets in four of their five away group stage matches (W3 D1 L1).