Women's Champions League Fantasy Football: Semi-final second legs tips

Four teams will soon become two with just one more round of matches to go before the 2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League final.

Fantasy managers have an opportunity to refresh their squads with three free transfers to make ahead of the semi-final second legs, which begin with OL Lyonnes hosting Arsenal on Saturday 2 May and conclude when Bayern travel to Barcelona on Sunday 3 May.

Who were the top Fantasy performers in the semi-final first legs?

Olivia Smith (€7.0m, 38 points) picked up the most points of any player after scoring the winner and being named Player of the Match in Arsenal's 2-1 victory over OL Lyonnes. The winger is an injury doubt for the second leg though, having been substituted off in the Gunners' midweek domestic win.

Smith's team-mate Mariona Candentey (€8.1m, 59 points) added seven points to her tally after her free-kick led to OL Lyonnes goalkeeper Christiane Endler's own goal, while Jule Brand (€6.5m, 35 points) also earned seven points for scoring the opening goal for OL Lyonnes at Arsenal Stadium.

Bayern's Klara Bühl (€8.7m, 58 points) returned from injury to put in a Player of the Match display in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Barcelona and secure another six points. The competition's joint-leading goalscorer Ewa Pajor (€10.5m, 49 points) and her Barcelona team-mate Esmee Brugts (€6.5m, 60 points) also collected six points each, along with Arsenal defender Emily Fox (€4.9m, 46 points), who is an injury doubt for the return fixture.

What is the latest team news?

Find out which players are expected to start and who is injured in our semi-final second legs predicted line-ups.

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Alexia Putellas (€10.4m, 77 points) remains the leading Fantasy performer across all positions and has consistently delivered good totals all season, as a contributor to four clean sheets and the provider of five goals and seven assists for three-time winners Barcelona.

Alexia Putellas has picked up 77 Fantasy points in her performances for BarcelonaGetty Images

Alessia Russo (€10.7m, 70 points) is level with Pajor as top scorer on eight goals this campaign; she will be hoping to repeat her heroics from last season's semi-final second leg by scoring again at OL Stadium.

OL Lyonnes will need to find the net at least once to stand a chance of progressing, so the competition's all-time leading scorer Ada Hegerberg (€9.1m, 34 points) will be looking to increase her tally of three goals this term.

Pernille Harder (€7.0m, 56 points) assisted Bayern's equaliser in the first leg and is just one goal behind Russo and Pajor in the race to be crowned top scorer.

Semi-final rules and deadlines

Fantasy managers have access to three free transfers before the second legs. Another five will be provided in the build-up to the final on Saturday 23 May.

The deadline for making transfers for the second legs is 15:00 CET on Saturday 2 May. After the first day of fixtures, Fantasy managers can replace players who didn't score as highly as hoped with substitutes and switch captains until the teams lock again at 16:30 CET on Sunday 3 May.

Look back at every starting lineup to see whether members of your squad are in line to start, and recap on all the Fantasy rules here.