Women's Champions League: Arsenal vs Juventus facts

Arsenal will look to make it three UEFA Women's Champions League Group C wins in a row as they meet Juventus again in London.

Arsenal are on six points in the section, three ahead of their Italian visitors, after victory in the Matchday 3 meeting between the clubs.

Previous meetings

Frida Maanum put Arsenal ahead in the 38th minute in Biella on 12 November before second-half goals from Stina Blackstenius (75), Mariona Caldentey (80) and Caitlin Foord (87) completed a 4-0 victory for Renée Slegers' side.

The teams also met twice in the 2022/23 group stage, Arsenal's Viviane Miedema (61) cancelling out a Lineth Beerensteyn goal (52) in a 1-1 draw in Turin on Matchday 3 before Miedema (16) scored the only goal of the game in London two weeks later. Arsenal ultimately topped Group C, with Juve finishing third.

Form guide

Arsenal

Record vs Italian clubs W7 D2 L1 F23 A8
Home record vs Italian clubs W4 D1 L0

Arsenal have won six of their last seven encounters with teams from Italy (D1), scoring 16 goals and conceding just two.

The Gunners' first meeting with Italian opponents remains their only defeat – a 0-2 loss to Torres Terra Sarda in the 2004/05 UEFA Women's Cup quarter-final first leg in Sassari. They would ultimately progress to the semi-finals with a 4-1 victory in the home second leg.

Arsenal have never lost at home to Italian opponents, winning four of their five contests (D1).

Caldentey has scored in all three group games this season, while Foord has struck in the last two.

Arsenal were crowned champions of Europe in 2006/07 when they defeated Umeå in a two-legged final. Alex Scott's swerving effort from distance in the final moments of the first leg in Sweden was the only goal across both games.

The Gunners remain the only English club to win the competition. In addition to their 2007 triumph, they have reached the semi-finals on a further six occasions.

This is Arsenal's 17th participation in the Women's Champions League; they are in the group stage for a third time having missed out last season.

Their 2024/25 Women's Champions League journey began with a 6-0 win over Rangers on 4 September at Meadow Park, Foord scoring four, before they beat Rosenborg 1-0 in the round 1 final at the same venue three days later. In round 2, the Gunners lost 0-1 in the first leg away to Swedish side BK Häcken, but a 4-0 home victory in the second leg sent them into the group stage.

Beaten 5-2 at Bayern München on Matchday 1, Arsenal were 4-1 winners at home to Vålerenga in their second game before victory at Juve.

Arsenal finished third in the Women's Super League last season, five points behind both Manchester City and champions Chelsea, but Jonas Eidevall did lead them to a second consecutive FA Women's League Cup title.

In all competitions, the Gunners have only lost twice in 17 home games in 2024 (W13 D2).

Eidevall stepped down on 15 October after three years in charge; Slegers was appointed as his interim replacement.

Juventus

Record vs English clubs W0 D2 L3 F2 A8
Away record vs English clubs W0 D1 L1

Juventus' Matchday 3 defeat, coupled with their 2022 fixtures against Arsenal, means they are still looking for a first victory against English opponents. Their only other experience of facing a Super League side came in the 2021/22 group stage. After going down 1-2 at home to Chelsea on Matchday 2, they played out a goalless draw in Kingston on Matchday 5.

The Italian side have therefore failed to score in their two previous trips to England.

A 29th-minute Sofia Cantore strike was enough for victory against Vålerenga on Matchday 1 this season, before home defeats by Bayern (0-2) and Arsenal.

This is the Italian side's seventh successive season in European competition since their debut in 2018/19. It is also their third time in the group stage, last season the only time they have missed out in the current format.

A run to the quarter-finals in 2021/22 is Juve's best showing to date. After finishing second in a group containing Wolfsburg, Chelsea and Servette, they were eliminated 3-4 on aggregate by eventual champions Lyon in the last eight.

A team managed by former Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro won just one game in the competition last year, 6-0 against Kazakhstan's Okzhetpes in the round 1 semi-final in Germany. Three days later they were eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties (4-5) in the final after the sides had played out a 1-1 draw.

Juventus began in round 2 this season and overcame Paris Saint-Germain 5-2 on aggregate (3-1 h, 2-1 a). Amalie Vangsgaard (7), Cantore (34) and Hanna Bennison (61) struck in the first leg in Biella on 18 September while Cantore (3) was again on target in the Paris return, Barbara Bonansea (72) sealing the win.

Juve are unbeaten away from home in all competitions this season (W7 D1), and have kept five successive clean sheets.

Le Bianconere have been back-to-back runners-up in Serie A, and claimed their fourth Supercoppa Italiana with a 2-1 win over Roma on 7 January.

Key facts

Arsenal have lost only two of their last nine Women's Champions League matches (W6 D1).

The Gunners have kept five clean sheets in their last six games against Italian teams.

Arsenal have won all four home European games this season, scoring 15 goals and conceding only one.

Defeat for Juventus would mean successive Women's Champions League losses for the first time since 2020/21.

Juventus have lost only one of their previous seven away group matches (W4 D2), the 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in 2022/23.

The Italian side have kept six clean sheets in their seven previous away group games.