Women's Champions League: Wolfsburg vs Lyon facts

Former champions Wolfsburg and Lyon, who have met in four UEFA Women's Champions League finals, renew acquaintances in Germany on Matchday 2 of the 2024/25 competition.

Lyon began Group A with a 3-0 victory over Galatasaray on 8 October while Wolfsburg went down 0-1 to Roma on the same day

Previous meetings

This is the teams' first meeting since the 2020 final, when Lyon ran out 3-1 winners in San Sebastian. Eugénie Le Sommer (25), Saki Kumagai (44) and Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (88) were all on target as OL claimed their seventh European title, Alexandra Popp (58) providing Wolfsburg's sole response.

The 2013, 2016 and 2018 finals were also contested between the sides. Wolfsburg won the first on their competition debut, a Martina Müller penalty (73) enough for victory at Stamford Bridge in May 2013.

Three years later, Lyon had revenge in Reggio Emilia, Italy with 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory after a 1-1 draw, and also triumphed 4-1 after extra time in the 2018 final in Kyiv.

Lyon were again victorious in the 2018/19 quarter-finals. Le Sommer scored three times in two victories (2-1 h, 4-2 a) on the French side's way to their sixth title.

Wolfsburg's only other win against Lyon was a 1-0 away success in the 2016/17 quarter-final second leg, although they bowed out having lose 0-2 in the home first leg.

Form guide

Wolfsburg

Record vs French clubs W5 D3 L8 F20 A30
Home record vs French clubs W1 D1 L4

Aside from their five defeats by Lyon, Wolfsburg have also lost to Paris Saint-Germain, Bordeaux and Paris FC in the Women's Champions League.

Wolfsburg have won just one of their six home games against French opposition, a 3-2 defeat of Bordeaux in round 2 in 2021/22.

This season's defeat against Roma was Wolfsburg's first-ever Matchday 1 loss.

Champions in 2013 and 2014, Wolfsburg are back in the group stage after losing in round 2 to Paris FC (3-3 a, 0-2 h) last season.

That defeat ended Wolfsburg's run of reaching the quarter-finals or better in 11 consecutive seasons.

Wolfsburg's back-to-back European titles came courtesy of final victories over Lyon in 2013 and Tyresö 12 months later (4-3).

Wolfsburg have reached the final on four further occasions, most recently in 2023 when they lost 3-2 to Barcelona in Eindhoven having led 2-0 at half-time.

The She-Wolves progressed to this season's group stage with a 12-0 aggregate victory over Fiorentina in round 2 (7-0 a, 5-0 h), Alex Popp scoring a hat-trick in the first leg in Italy on 18 September.

Popp has scored in four separate Women's Champions League finals – a record she shares with Lyon's Ada Hegerberg.

Wolfsburg claimed a record-extending 11th DFB-Pokal Frauen title last season, beating Bayern München 2-0 in the final on 9 May, and finished second in the Women's Bundesliga.

Lyon

Record vs German clubs W11 D4 L5 F33 A18
Away record vs German clubs W3 D1 L2

Lyon lost their most recent contest with a German side, 1-0 at Bayern in the 2021/22 group stage, having won the previous six.

OL's only other away defeat came in their first game in Germany, 1-3 at Duisburg in the 2008/09 semi-final second leg loss to complete a 2-4 aggregate loss. Their record otherwise is W3 D1.

Kadidiatou Diani scored twice (34, 77) either side of a Vanessa Gilles header in a 3-0 victory at home to Galatasaray in their Group A opener this season.

The French outfit reached a record 11th final last season, losing 0-2 to Barcelona on 25 May in Bilbao. Their last success in the competition came when they defeated the same opponents 3-1 in the 2022 final in Turin.

In 2023/24, Lyon drew with Brann and Slavia Praha (both 2-2) but won their other four Group B fixtures, topping a group that also contained St. Pölten.

In her first season at the club, Diani topped the scoring charts in the Women's Champions League last season with eight goals – two more than team-mate Hegerberg, the competition's all-time record scorer.

A Lyon side coached by Sonia Bompastor (now replaced by Joe Montemurro) won their 17th league title in 2023/24, losing just one game. Those 17 championship successes have come in the past 18 seasons, the exception in 2020/21 when they finished runners-up.

Key facts

Lyon have won the last four matches between these teams.

The eight-time winners are unbeaten in their last 12 group games (W8 D4).

The defeat at Bayern on Matchday 4 last season is Lyon's only loss in their previous nine away group matches (W6 D2).

Lyon have won eight and drawn two of their last ten away Champions League games.

The French side have kept eight clean sheets in their last 11 Champions League group fixtures.

Diani has scored ten goals in her last ten group appearances.

Wolfsburg have won only two of their last ten matches against French teams, losing six.

They have, however, lost only one of their six home group games (W4 D1).

Furthermore, Wolfsburg have lost only two of their last 17 home Champions League games (W12 D3).