Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg: OL Lyonnes vs Wolfsburg facts
Friday, March 27, 2026
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Long-standing UEFA Women's Champions League rivals OL Lyonnes and Wolfsburg conclude their quarter-final in France with the visitors defending a 1-0 first-leg advantage.
Lineth Beerensteyn's deflected strike in the 14th minute was all that separated the sides in the first leg at the VfL Wolfsburg Arena on 24 March, as Wolfsburg ended a seven-match losing streak in this fixture.
OL qualified directly for the last eight having finished second on 16 points in their unbeaten league phase campaign (W5 D1).
Wolfsburg, who finished ninth in the league phase on nine points (W3 L3), defeated Juventus 4-2 on aggregate in the knockout phase play-offs (2-2 h, 2-0 a).
Last match
The sides also met in this season's league phase, OL winning 3-1 in France on Matchday 3. Ada Hegerberg's double (25 30) put the hosts in the ascendency before Wendie Renard (72pen) added a third in the second half, Beerensteyn (80) supplying a consolation for the visitors.
OL have won eight of the 12 meetings between the sides, including seven in succession before the first leg. They also recorded victories in Germany (2-0) and France (1-0) in last season's group stage.
Both previous two-legged ties between Wolfsburg and OL came in the quarter-finals. OL advanced 2-1 on aggregate in 2016/17 (2-0 a, 0-1 h) and 6-3 in 2018/19 (2-1 h, 4-2 a).
Wolfsburg won the teams' first fixture in France, the second leg of their 2016/17 quarter-final, but OL have triumphed in their three subsequent home games.
The teams have contested four Women's Champions League finals. Wolfsburg won the first in 2013 (1-0), but Lyon prevailed in the subsequent three in 2016 (1-1 aet, 4-3 pens), 2018 (4-1 aet) and 2020 (3-1).
The first-leg loss was only OL’s second defeat in their last 13 encounters with German teams (W11), while they have won their last five in France.
Wolfsburg were 4-0 winners at home to Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 1 this season, the first leg of this tie making it two victories in their last eight encounters with French teams (D2 L4). They have won just one of their last six games in France (D1 L4).
OL have been crowned champions of Europe on eight occasions from 11 finals – both competition records. Their last success came when they defeated Barcelona 3-1 in the 2022 final in Turin.
OL are appearing in the quarter-finals for the 17th time – a joint record with Arsenal.
The French outfit finished with a 100% record in last season's group stage ahead of Wolfsburg, Roma and Galatasaray. They eased past Bayern in the quarter-finals (2-0 a, 4-1 h) before a semi-final elimination at the hands of eventual winners Arsenal (2-1 a, 1-4 h).
Two-time winners Wolfsburg won back-to-back European titles courtesy of that final victory against Lyon in 2013 and Tyresö 12 months later (4-3). They have reached the final on four further occasions, most recently in 2023 when they lost 2-3 to Barcelona in Eindhoven having led 2-0 at half-time.
The German side have now reached the quarter-finals 13 times – more than any other German club – with all their last-eight appearances in the last 14 seasons.
Last season they lost in the last eight to runners-up Barcelona (1-4 h, 1-6 a). They had finished second behind OL in Group A, ahead of Roma (0-1 a, 6-1 h) and Galatasaray (5-0 a, 5-0 h).
Key stats
OL Lyonnes have never lost successive European matches.
The French club have won nine of their last ten Women's Champions League home matches (L1), including all three this season, scoring three or more goals in eight of those.
The eight-time winners have lost the first leg of a European tie only twice previously. The only other time it happened away from home was in the 2021/22 quarter‑finals against Juventus, where they overturned a 2-1 first‑leg defeat with a 3-1 home win to advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Lindsey Heaps could become the first United States player to make 50 appearances in UEFA women's club competition.
All-time Women's Champions League appearance holder Wendie Renard has played in all games between the clubs.
Ada Hegerberg is just a goal away from becoming the first player to reach 70 in UEFA women's club competition. She is 18 ahead of retired forward Anja Mittag.
Wolfsburg have won eight of their previous 12 Women's Champions League quarter-final ties.
The German outfit have progressed in all 27 European ties in which they won the first leg.
Beerensteyn's first-leg winner made her the first Dutch player to score in three different Women's Champions League quarter-final ties (2020/21, 2024/25 and 2025/26).