Ahead of Arsenal vs Lyon in the Women’s Champions League, read our full preview, prediction and team news ahead of the Women’s Champions League clash.
Arsenal vs Lyon match information
- ⚽️UEFA Women’s Champions League: Matchday 1 of 6
- 🏟️ Meadow Park (Borehamwood)
- ⏱️Tuesday, October 7th: 20:00pm (BST)
How to watch Arsenal vs Lyon
Arsenal vs Lyon in the Women’s Champions League will be available to watch on streaming platform Disney+.
Viewers in the UK must have a Disney+ subscription to watch the match.
Disney+ will show all 75 matches in the Women’s Champions League, with the BBC also showing seven live games starting from Matchday 3.
Arsenal vs Lyon preview
Arsenal kick off their Women’s Champions League campaign with a difficult home clash against French champions Lyon.
The Gunners start their defence of the Champions League on the back of some difficult domestic form.
Draws with Manchester United and Aston Villa were followed off by a 3-2 loss to Manchester City at the weekend.
Chloe Kelly marked her return to Manchester City with a goal, but Iman Beney’s 88th-minute winner left the Gunners five points adrift Chelsea in the Women’s Super League title race.
They next face a Lyon side who have scored 14 goals in their last two domestic games alone.
Lyon produced a stunning 6-1 victory over a Paris Saint-Germain side who are also in this season’s Champions League. That was followed by an 8-1 victory over Lens where both Vicki Becho and Liana Joseph scored hat-tricks.
It is clear that Arsenal are not performing at the same levels as they did at the end of last season when they beat Barcelona to win the Champions League.
Alessia Russo was just one player who was very quiet during their opening half against Manchester City.
The Gunners beat Lyon 3-5 on aggregate in the semi-finals of last season’s Champions League.
However, they could be in for a tough night if they don’t lift their game against a Lyon side, who amongst the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, are among the favourites to win this competition.
Form and past head-to-head meetings
Arsenal’s last five results
- Manchester City 3-2 Arsenal (WSL)
- Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa (WSL)
- Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal (WSL)
- West Ham 1-5 Arsenal (WSL)
- Arsenal 4-1 London City Lionesses (WSL)
Lyon’s last five results
- Lens 1-8 Lyon (Division 1 Feminine)
- Lyon 6-1 Paris Saint-Germain (D1F)
- Saint-Etienne 0-2 Lyon (D1F)
- Lyon 3-1 Marseille (D1F)
- Eintracht Frankfurt 2-4 Lyon (pre-season friendly)
Arsenal vs Lyon previous meetings
- Lyon 1-4 Arsenal (Women’s Champions League) – 27/04/2025
- Arsenal 1-2 Lyon (Women’s Champions League) – 19/04/2025
- Arsenal 0-1 Lyon (Women’s Champions League) – 15/12/2022
- Lyon 1-5 Arsenal (Women’s Champions League) – 19/10/2022
- Arsenal 2-3 Lyon (Women’s Champions League) – 16/04/2011
💬 “We’re going to do everything we can to recover from this one and show up in a really good Arsenal way on Tuesday.”
Renée Slegers reflects on our clash against Man City👇
— Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) October 4, 2025
Arsenal vs Lyon team news
There are no fresh injury concerns for Arsenal, but Renee Slegers could look to make a couple of changes to the side that lost to Manchester City.
Chloe Kelly made an impact off the bench against her former side and could be brought back into the starting XI.
Frida Maanum and Katie Reid will also be pushing for starts after they were replaced in the starting XI by Victoria Pelova and Lotte Wubben-Moy against Manchester City.
Arsenal remain without Leah Williamson who is yet to feature after a minor knee surgery in the summer.
There is a battle to start up front for Lyon between Ada Hegerberg and Marie Antoinette Katoto.
Hegerberg has started three of Lyon’s opening four games so could be expected to get the nod again here.
Kadidiatou Diani, Jule Brand and Wendie Renard are among those who could come into the starting XI.
Predicted lineups
Arsenal: Van Domselaar; Fox, Reid, Catley, McCabe; Little, Maanum; Mead, Caldentey, Smith; Russo
Lyon: Endler; Lawrence, Renard, Engen, Bacha; Albert, Horan; Diani, Dumornay, Brand; Hegerberg
Arsenal vs Lyon prediction
Lyon have won on each of their last three trips to Arsenal in the Women’s Champions League.
The Gunners are also going through a blip in the Women’s Super League, compared to Lyon who are scoring goals for fun in France.
Arsenal got the better of Lyon in this competition despite losing 2-1 at home. The Gunners went on to thrash Lyon 4-1 in France to reach the final, where they beat Barcelona.
An AI simulation of the Women’s Champions League predicted Arsenal to lose to Lyon on Tuesday night.
Going off current form, SheKicks is also predicting a defeat for Arsenal in a five-goal thriller.
Prediction: Arsenal 2-3 Lyon
