Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg: Barcelona vs Real Madrid facts
Friday, March 27, 2026
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Barcelona have one foot in the last four of the UEFA Women's Champions League as they welcome domestic rivals Real Madrid for the conclusion of their all-Spanish quarter-final.
Barça were 6-2 winners in Madrid in the first leg on 25 March thanks to goals from Ewa Pajor (6 57), Esmee Brugts (13), Irene Paredes (32), Vicky López (64) and Alexia Putellas (89pen), Linda Caicedo (30 66) twice replying for the home side.
Barcelona gained direct passage to the quarter-finals after finishing top of the league phase standings with an unbeaten record of five wins and one draw.
Madrid's league phase campaign ended with them on 11 points in seventh position (W3 D2 L1); they subsequently defeated Paris FC 3-2 away and 2-0 at home in the knockout phase play-offs.
Last match
Barcelona have now beaten Madrid five times this season, their most recent domestic encounter on Sunday – the second of three straight Clásicos – ending in a 3-0 Liga F win at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano. Ona Batlle and Putellas scored for the visitors before a Maëlle Lakrar own goal sealed the win.
Barça had won 4-0 in Madrid in the Spanish Cup quarter-finals on 5 February, Pajor scoring twice with Putellas and Salma Paralluelo also on target, and they won by the same scoreline at home in Liga F on 15 November, Pajor getting two of the goals and Sydney and Aitana Bonmatí also scoring. 2-0 in the Spanish Super Cup final on 24 January was Barça’s other victory, thanks to a goal in each half from Brugts and Putellas.
Barcelona have won 23 of the teams' 24 meetings – the exception Madrid's 3-1 win in Barcelona on 23 March 2025 in which Caroline Weir scored twice and Alba Redondo once – scoring 86 goals to their opponents' 12. Putellas is the top scorer in the fixture with 14 goals.
The only previous Women's Champions League meetings between the teams, and Madrid's only other encounters with a team from their own country, also came at the quarter-final stage, in 2021/22.
Barcelona won that tie 8-3 on aggregate, Putellas scoring twice and Clàudia Pina once in a 3-1 away first-leg success at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano. Both were also on target in a 5-2 home win in the Camp Nou return, Mapi León, Aitana Bonmatí and Caroline Graham Hansen also scoring for the then-holders.
Barcelona have one other European fixture against a Spanish team, a 1-0 victory against Atlético de Madrid in a one-off 2019/20 quarter-final staged in Bilbao.
This is Barcelona's 14th Women's Champions League campaign – all in succession. Three-time winners, they have reached the final in six of the past seven editions as well as five in succession – a record they share with OL Lyonnes. Their successes came in the span of four seasons, beating Chelsea in 2021 (4-0), Wolfsburg in 2023 (3-2) and OL in 2024.
Barcelona have reached the quarter finals for the 11th consecutive season. They have won their last seven ties at this stage, where their overall aggregate record is W8 L3. They have not been eliminated in the quarter finals since losing 3-1 on aggregate to OL in 2017/18 (1-2 a, 0-1 h).
Runners-up to Arsenal in last season's final in Lisbon (0-1) in what was their 100th European game, Barca finished top of Group D on 15 points before navigating their way past Wolfsburg in the last eight (4-1 a, 6-1 h) and Chelsea in the semi-finals (4-1 h, 4-1 a).
Madrid reached the quarter-finals last season for the first time since their debut in 2021/22, losing to champions Arsenal (2-0 h, 0-3 a) after finishing second in a group containing Chelsea, Twente and Celtic.
The Spanish side made it through qualifying to reach the group stage in each of their last four entries, and followed suit for the inaugural league phase this season. Entering at the third qualifying round, the Spanish side progressed with a 5-1 aggregate triumph against Eintracht Frankfurt (1-2 a, 0-1 h).
Madrid have reached the knockout stage for the second season running and the third overall in their five European campaigns.
Key stats
Barcelona have won 13 of their last 14 matches in the Women's Champions League quarter-finals (L1) and have been victorious in their last 18 two-legged ties in the competition.
The Catalan side have won 15 of their last 17 European games (D1 L1).
Barça have won 30 of their last 32 home Women's Champions League matches (D1 L1).
The three-time winners have progressed in all 23 European ties in which they won the first leg.
Marta Torrejón could become the first Spanish player to reach 90 UEFA women's club competition appearances.
Putellas has scored in all three Women's Champions League meetings between Real Madrid and Barcelona, four goals in total.
Putellas needs one goal to become the first Spanish player to reach 30 in UEFA women's club competitions.
Pajor, who has scored six goals in six Women's Champions League appearances this season, needs one to become the first Polish player to reach 40 in UEFA women's club competitions.
Madrid have won five of their last eight away Women's Champions League matches (D1 L2).
Las Blancas have scored in 20 of their last 21 European games.
Madrid have lost the first leg of a European tie only once before — also against Barcelona, in that 2021/22 quarter‑final (1-3 h, 2-5 a).
No team has ever overturned a four‑goal first‑leg deficit to win a tie in UEFA Women's Cup/UEFA Women's Champions League history.