Key events
Fridolina Rolfo is not available for Manchester United this evening, here is the manager Marc Skinner on why: “Only Frido had a little knock from the weekend, so she’ll miss out on this game. Leah [Galton] and Tooney [Ella Toone] are the only other absentees.”
The team news is in. Atletico Madrid make no changes from their 1-0 win over Levante on Sunday.
AM: Gallardo, Medina, Leal, Menayo, S Lloris, Alexia, Boe Risa, J Bartel, Fiamma, Jensen, Amaiur.
Bench: Larque, Xenia, Sheila, Kuhl, Otermin, Chinchilla, Gio, Portales, Natalia, Alba, Minambres.
Manchester United, meanwhile, have made three changes to their line-up to the one who played Leicester on Saturday. Lea Schuller, Hanna Lundvist and Lisa Naalsund drop to the bench with Ellen Wangerheim, Elisabeth Terland and Jayde Riviere starting.
Man Utd: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, Le Tissier, Park, Malard, Terland, Riviere, Janssen, Zigiotti, Wangerheim, Hinata.
Bench: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, George, Lundkvist, Turner, Awujo, Naalsund, Schuller.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to this Women’s Champions League play-off between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United. The two clubs are playing in a two-leg play-off to secure a spot in the quarter-finals.
The last time the Spanish side reached the last eight was in the 2019/20 season, while the English club have never reached that point in a Champions League season before.
Atletico Madrid most recently won against Levante in Liga F and are fifth in the table, 23 points off of Barcelona at the top. Manchester United are in better form in the WSL as they sit second and eight points behind Manchester City.
But the Champions League is an entirely different beast and both clubs will want to give themselves the best chance of winning the tie by recording a good result this evening. Kick-off is coming at 8pm GMT but before that we have some team news.
