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Barcelona Women welcome Chelsea Women to Estadi Olimpic Luis Companys for the first leg of their UEFA Women's Champions League semifinal tie on Saturday.
The home side are coming off a 5-1 thrashing of Villarreal at home in the Spanish Liga F last weekend. Claudia Pina, Fridolina Rolfo and Alexia Putellas scored to put the Catalans 3-1 up by the 70th minute. Salma Paralluelo added a brace to complete the rout.
Chelsea, meanwhile, thrashed 10-woman Aston Villa 3-0 at home in the Women's Super League. Their visitors were reduced to 10 women just four minutes into the game when Anna Leat received her marching orders. Emma Hayes' side capitalized on their advantage, with Agnes Beever-Jones, Maika Hamano and Kadeisha Buchanan all scoring.
The Blues will turn their focus to the continent and booked their spot in the last four with a 4-1 aggregate win over Ajax in the quarterfinal. Barcelona qualified with a 5-2 aggregate win over Brann.
Barcelona Women vs Chelsea Women Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the fourth meeting between the two sides. Barcelona are unbeaten in three previous games (two wins).
- Both sides also met in last season's Champions League semifinal. Barcelona qualified with a 2-1 aggregate win.
- Barcelona have scored at least twice in 30 of their last 32 games across all competitions.
- Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last eight away games.
- Barcelona have won their last 10 games on the bounce.
Barcelona Women vs Chelsea Women Prediction
Barcelona's quest for an invincible campaign will continue this weekend as they host Chelsea with a place in the final on the line. The Blaugrana are defending European champions and are heavily fancied to successfully retain their crown. Jonatan Giraldez's side have made a 37-game unbeaten start to the season (35 wins), highlighting their dominance.
Chelsea had dreams of a quadruple three weeks ago but they have been eliminated from two domestic cup competitions and have just the league and Champions League titles left to play for. The Blues have seen their continental aspirations ended by Barcelona in the last two seasons when they made it to the knockout rounds and will be keen to avoid this outcome.
Barcelona went all the way in every season in which they beat Chelsea, and their fans will hope this trend continues.
Prediction: Barcelona Women 3-0 Chelsea Women
Barcelona Women vs Chelsea Women Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Barcelona Women to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Barcelona to score over 1.5 goals
