OL Lyonnes vs Wolfsburg Women's Champions League preview: Where to watch, full lowdown

OL Lyonnes and Wolfsburg meet in their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg on Thursday 2 April at OL Stadium.

What do you need to know?

This match is these teams' 13th Women's Champions League meeting, overtaking OL vs Paris Saint-Germain as the most-played fixture in UEFA women's club competition.

For only the third time in those 12 previous meetings, Wolfsburg tasted victory in the first leg. An early deflected Lineth Beerensteyn goal, combined with some resolute defending, gave the She-Wolves a 1-0 lead to take to France.

The loss at VfL Wolfsburg Arena was OL's first defeat in 33 matches over 11 months. Wolfsburg will now look to become only the third team to eliminate OL in their joint-record 17 quarter-finals; the eight-time champions' 14 previous last-eight successes include eliminating the German side in 2016/17 and 2018/19.

While Wendie Renard kept up her record of appearing in all 12 OL-Wolfsburg fixtures last week, Alex Popp's similar streak was ended by an injury which also looks set to keep her out of a last club meeting with her longstanding rivals before the forward's summer move to Borussia Dortmund.

OL Lyonnes defender Wendie Renard faced Wolfsburg for a 12th time in the first legGetty Images

Possible line-ups

OL Lyonnes: Endler; Lawrence, Renard, Engen, Bacha; Dumornay, Egurrola, Heaps; Diani, Hegerberg, Chawinga
Out: Joseph (knee), Micah (concussion)
Doubtful: None

Wolfsburg: Johannes; Bjelde, Dijkstra, Küver, Linder; Huth, Minge, Kielland; Peddemors, Beerensteyn, Endemann
Out: Bussy (knee), Lattwein (knee), Popp (muscular)
Doubtful: None

Form guide

OL Lyonnes
Last six games: DLWWWW
Last match: Strasbourg 2-2 OL Lyonnes, 28/03, Première Ligue
Where they stand: 1st in Première Ligue regular season, French Cup semi-finals, French League Cup winners

Wolfsburg 
Last six games: DWWWWL
Last match: Wolfsburg 3-3 Union Berlin, 29/03, Frauen-Bundesliga
Where they stand: 2nd in Frauen-Bundesliga, German Cup semi-finals

View from the camps

Jonatan Giráldez, OL Lyonnes coach: "The team didn't succeed in the first match, so it is our responsibility to do better. I think it will be a different story here. We must remember the performances we've achieved since the beginning of the season as we look forward."

Stephan Lerch, Wolfsburg coach: ""I believe OL Lyonnes will be very dominant at home and that, because of last week's result, they will go in particularly aggressively and with a bit of fire in their bellies. I still think we need to win and that's how we want to approach it. We want to pick up again with the attitude that we have nothing to lose."

Christiane Endler, OL Lyonnes goalkeeper: "We are disappointed with the result of the first leg, but we know that we have worked hard this week to change things and go for the win on Thursday. We are not particularly worried, on the contrary, these are the matches we want to play."

Vivien Endemann, Wolfsburg midfielder: "I think we need even more energy than [the first leg], definitely not less. We have the momentum on our side now; we can take that with us. Then we'll have a good plan again, and I hope we can have another good result."

Where is the 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?

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Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway, will host the 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final on Saturday 23 May.

The final will be the first UEFA women's club decider to be played in Norway, although Ullevaal – opened in 1926 and renovated on several occasions since – staged the UEFA Women's EURO final in both 1987 and 1997. It is the regular home of the Norway women's and men's national teams. The 2016 men's UEFA Super Cup was also held in Norway, in Trondheim.