Women's Champions League: Twente vs Real Madrid facts

Real Madrid will look to consolidate their position in UEFA Women's Champions League Group B as they take on Twente for the second time in seven days in Enschede.

Madrid are second in Group B after their 7-0 success in Spain on 13 November, three points ahead of Twente, who have won one of their first three games.

Previous meetings

The Matchday 3 fixture – the first between the two sides – was a dominant display from Madrid. María Mendez scored twice (16, 63) with other goals from Signe Bruun (3), Naomie Feller (50), Caroline Weir (55), Oihane (65) and Carla Camacho (90+2) sealing the home team's biggest European win.

Form guide

Twente

Record vs Spanish clubs W1 D0 L5 F3 A16
Home record vs Spanish clubs W1 D0 L2

Twente have now won just one of their six encounters with Spanish teams, losing the other five.

The Dutch side lost consecutive round of 16 ties against Barcelona in 2015/16 and 2016/17, failing to score in any of the four games. They first went down 0-2 on aggregate (0-1 h, 0-1 a) before a 0-5 aggregate defeat a year later (0-1 a, 0-4 h).

They did overcome a Spanish team at the fifth time of asking, securing a 3-2 comeback victory at home to Levante in the round 1 final last season – the only time they have avoided defeat in three home games against Spanish visitors.

In their first two Group B encounters, Kayleigh van Dooren struck late in both halves (44, 85) as Twente overcame Scottish champions Celtic 2-0 in Hamilton, before Nikée van Dijk's second-half strike on Matchday 2 was not enough to prevent a 1-3 home defeat by Chelsea.

This is the Dutch side's tenth Women's Champions League appearance but the first time they have reached the group stage.

Under the previous format they reached the round of 16 on three occasions, most recently in 2019/20 when they lost to eventual runners-up Wolfsburg 0-7 (0-6 a, 0-1 h). Barcelona were their conquerors on the two previous occasions they reached the same stage – in 2015/16 and 2016/17.

After a 7-0 victory over Cardiff City to kick off their 2024/25 Women's Champions League campaign on 4 September, Charlotte Hulst and Van Dijk both scored twice in a 5-0 victory over Valur three days later in the round 1 final.

Twente's round 2 encounter with Croatian champions Osijek was another one-sided affair. Van Dijk was again on target in a 4-1 first-leg victory on 18 September, before the Tukkers again scored four in the second leg in Netherlands to complete an 8-1 aggregate win.

Joran Pot's side have won nine of their 14 games in all competitions in 2024/25 (D2 L3).

Twente won a record-extending ninth Dutch league title last term, losing just twice in their 22 games to finish two points ahead of previous champions Ajax.

Real Madrid

Record vs Dutch clubs W1 D0 L0 F7 A0

Madrid's Matchday 3 success was their first game against a Dutch team.

They kicked off this season's European campaign with a 2-3 defeat by Chelsea in London, but bounced back with a convincing 4-0 victory over Celtic in Madrid.

Linda Caicedo is Madrid's joint-top scorer in the group stage having scored in the first two games, level with Mendez after her Matchday 3 double.

Madrid are in the group stage for the fourth consecutive season.

They have advanced from their group only once, on their competition debut in 2021/22 when they finished second in a section featuring Paris Saint-Germain, Kharkiv and Breidablik. They lost to fellow Spanish side Barcelona 3-8 on aggregate (1-3 h, 2-5 a) in the quarter-finals.

Las Blancas qualified for this season's group stage by defeating Sporting CP over two legs in round 2. Melanie Leupolz scored in added time in Portugal to secure a 2-1 first-leg away win on 19 September, before Sandie Toletti struck twice in a 3-1 victory in Madrid a week later.

Alberto Toril's side have won six of their seven away games this season (L1).

Madrid were second in the Spanish Liga in 2023/24, 15 points behind Barcelona. It was the third time in four seasons they had finished as runners-up.

Key facts

Defeat for Twente would be a third successive Women's Champions League loss for the first time since 2019/20.

The Dutch club have scored in their last 11 home European matches.

Madrid have only failed to score in two of their last 16 Women's Champions League games.

Las Blancas are aiming to win three successive matches in the same group stage for the first time.

Madrid have lost their last six group stage matches away from home – their last win a 2-0 victory at Vllaznia in October 2022.