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Man City vs Barcelona Femeni live score: Women’s Champions League result, updates, stats from huge group-stage showdown

Manchester City are back in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group phase and face holders Barcelona on Wednesday, October 9, in a mouthwatering Group D opener.

Each club has players on their staff who have played for the other with distinction, most notable Barca’s childhood City fan Keira Walsh, but there is no doubt that the Blaugrana are Europe’s dominant force, constantly setting and pushing the standard in the women’s game.

City captain Alex Greenwood hailed Pere Romeu’s side as “the best in the world” at her pre-match press conference.

The England defender added: “They’re the champions for a reason and we’ll massively respect Barcelona, but, for us, it’s the same as always — we’ll respect our opponent, but we’ll try to bring our game and impose ourselves on them.”

The Sporting News is following the Man City Women vs. Barcelona Femeni match live, providing live updates and commentary

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Man City vs. Barcelona Femeni score

  1st Half Goal scorers
Man City 0  
Barcelona 0  

Venue: Joie Stadium, Manchester
Referee: Stephanie Frappart (France)

Predicted lineups:

Man City (4-3-3, right to left): Yamashita (GK) — Layzell, Aleixandri, Greenwood, Casparij — Park, Hasegawa, Miedema — Fowler, Shaw, Hemp

Barcelona (4-3-3, right to left): Coll (GK) — Batlle, Engen, Leon, Rolfo — Bonmati, Walsh, Patri — Graham Hansen, Pajor, Putellas

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Man City vs. Barcelona Femeni live updates, highlights, and commentary

40 mins before kickoff: City boss Gareth Taylor has been speaking to his club’s official website before kickoff

I think they [the players] are like we all are – excited and looking forward to the challenge ahead of us. It’s great to be back in the Champions League and we’re aware our objective was to get to this point and the next objective now is to progress into the next stage. That starts tonight and it’s a tough opponent, but one we’re really excited facing.

“It’s hard to say [how the match will play out]. It’s going to be interesting to see who dominates the spaces. Hopefully if we don’t have the ball we can get it back quickly, I think that’s going to be important. That’s not always going to be possible but I think we can cause them problems when we have the ball. Let’s see, it’s a difficult one to predict.

1 hour before kickoff: The teams are in. Mary Fowler is a surprise starter in attack for City alongside Lauren Hemp and Bunny Shaw, while it looks like Alexia Putellas will be in the Barca front three, with Patri Guijarro joining former City hero Keira Walsh and the peerless Aitana Bonmati in midfield.

1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: There’s no question City are up against it tonight versus a team that have won each of the past two Champions Leagues and three of the past four. The one they didn’t win saw Lyon beat them in the final. However, the last time these teams met on this stage, City were 2-1 winners. There’s a sizeable caveat: Barca progressed from that 2021 tie having won the first leg 3-0.

2 hours before kickoff. Hello and welcome to the UEFA Women’s Champions League Group D clash between Manchester City and Barcelona. Gareth Taylor’s WSL side have not featured in the competition proper since 2020/21, and they could not have asked for a tougher assignment first up.

Man City vs. Barcelona Femeni kick off time

This UEFA Women’s Champions League match kicks off in Manchester at 8 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

  Date Kickoff time
USA Wed, Oct 9 3 p.m. ET
Canada Wed, Oct 9 3 p.m. ET
UK Wed, Oct 9 8 p.m. BST
Australia Thu, Oct 10 6 a.m. AEDT
India Thu, Oct 10 12 a.m. IST

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Man City vs. Barcelona Femeni lineups, team news

Star striker Bunny Shaw starts for City. The Jamaica international appeared as a second-half substitute during the 2-0 WSL victory over West Ham following a groin complaint.

Jess Park missed out on that game with a foot injury, but it was a memorable weekend for Jill Roord who made her first start in nine months following an ACL injury. Park starts in headline summer signing Vivianne Miedema in midfield. Roord is on the bench alongside England forward Chloe Kelly after Mary Fowler got the nod in attack.

Man City (4-3-3, right to left): Yamashita (GK) — Layzell, Aleixandri, Greenwood, Casparij — Park, Hasegawa, Miedema — Fowler, Shaw, Hemp

Man City subs: Keating (GK), Startup (GK), Coombs, Kelly, Roord, Kennedy, Ouahabi, Brown, Fujino, Prior, Thomas, Murphy

Barcelona boss Pere Romeu shuffled his pack against Madrid CFF at the weekend but was forced to bring some of the big guns into action when their rivals led 1-0 at the interval.

Alexia Putellas, Claudia Pina, Fridolina Rolfo, Irene Paredes and Ona Batlle all came off the bench to inspire a monstrous 8-1 win. Putellas starts in the front three tonight, with Batlle and Rolfo in their familiar full-back positions.

This game comes too soon for forward Salma Paralluelo but former City goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck has a place on the bench.

Barcelona (4-3-3, right to left): Coll (GK) — Batlle, Engen, Leon, Rolfo — Bonmati, Walsh, Patri — Graham Hansen, Pajor, Putellas

Barcelona subs: Gemma (GK), Roebuck (GK), Paredes, Jana Fernandez, Torrejon, Pina, Nazareth, Lopez, Martina Fernandez, Brugts, Cano

Man City vs. Barcelona Femeni live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world’s major regions:

United States:

  • TV channel: —
  • Live stream: DAZN

Canada:

  • TV channel: —
  • Live stream: DAZN

UK:

  • TV channel: TNT Sports 1
  • Live stream: discovery+, DAZN

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