Women's Champions League: Lyon vs Wolfsburg facts

Lyon and Wolfsburg meet in France on Matchday 6 as they complete UEFA Women's Champions League Group A.

Both sides scored six in their respective Matchday 5 encounters on 11 December, Lyon winning 6-0 against Galatasaray in Istanbul while Wolfsburg recorded a 6-1 home success against Roma.

Lyon are guaranteed to finish top of Group A with Wolfsburg also through to the quarter-finals as runners-up having sealed progress with that Matchday 5 victory.

Previous meetings

2024/25 Women's Champions League group stage
Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon
The reverse fixture on Matchday 2 ended in victory for the visitors thanks to goals from Wendie Renard and Lindsey Horan, a penalty, on 17 October.

2019/20 Women's Champions League final
Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon
Lyon were victorious in the San Sebastian final. Eugénie Le Sommer (25), Saki Kumagai (44) and Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (88) were all on target as OL claimed their seventh European title, Alex Popp (58) providing Wolfsburg's sole response.

2018/19 Women's Champions League quarter-finals
Lyon 2-1 Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg 2-4 Lyon
Lyon had also triumphed in the 2018/19 quarter-finals. Le Sommer scored three times across the two legs on the French side's way to their sixth title.

2017/18 Women's Champions League final
Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon
All five goals came in extra time, with Pernille Harder (93) putting Wolfsburg in front before Lyon turned the final in their favour through Amandine Henry (98), Le Sommer (99), Ada Hegerberg (103) and Camille Abily (116) after Popp was dismissed in the 96th minute.

2016/17 Women's Champions League quarter-finals
Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon
Lyon 0-1 Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg's last win against Lyon was their away success in the second leg, although they bowed out having lost 0-2 in the home first leg.

2015/16 Women's Champions League final
Wolfsburg 1-1 Lyon (3-4 pens)
Lyon prevailed on penalties in Reggio Emilia, Italy after Hegerberg's early strike was cancelled out by Popp two minutes from time. Popp converted Wolfsburg's first kick in the shoot-out while Hegerberg missed for Lyon, but the French side scored their other four penalties to lift the trophy.

2012/13 Women's Champions League final
Wolfsburg 1-0 Lyon
Wolfsburg won the pair's first meeting on their competition debut, a Martina Müller penalty (73) enough for victory at Stamford Bridge in the May 2013 final.

Form guide

Lyon

Record vs German clubs W12 D4 L5 F35 A18
Home record vs German clubs W3 D1 L2

Before this season, Lyon's last contest with a German side was a 1-0 defeat at Bayern in the 2021/22 group stage that is their only defeat in their last eight meetings with German opponents (W7).

Aside from the 2017 quarter-final defeat against Wolfsburg, Lyon's only other home reverse to a German opponent was a 1-2 loss to Potsdam in the 2013/14 round of 16.

Lyon boast the best defensive record in this season's group stage with just one goal conceded in their five games. They have scored 18 goals in victories against Galatasaray (3-0 h, 6-0 a) and Roma (3-0 a, 4-1 h) in addition to the Matchday 2 win at Wolfsburg.

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

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

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

A Lyon side coached by Sonia Bompastor – who was replaced in the summer 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.

Wolfsburg

Record vs French clubs W5 D3 L9 F20 A32
Away record vs French clubs W3 D1 L2

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

Wolfsburg won on their first two visits to France but have just one victory in their last four (D1 L2).

Home and away, the German club have won only two of their last 11 matches against French teams (D2 L7).

After losing their opening two games in this season's group stage, Wolfsburg have won their last three, scoring 16 goals.

Substitute Sveindís Jónsdóttir struck four goals on Matchday 5 and is now level with Popp as the German side's top scorer in the group stage.

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 that final victory against Lyon in 2013 and against 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 victory against Fiorentina in round 2 (7-0 a, 5-0 h), 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 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.

Key facts

Lyon have won the last five matches between the teams.

The French side are unbeaten in their last 16 group games (W12 D4), keeping 11 clean sheets in the last 15.

Lyon are aiming to win all six group matches for the first time.

OL have lost only one of their last 17 European fixtures (W14 D2).

Diani has scored nine goals in Lyon's last six home Women's Champions League matches.

Wolfsburg have lost only two of their last ten away European games (W6 D2).