Arsenal vs Bayern München Women's Champions League preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, starting line-ups

Arsenal and Bayern München meet in their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg on Wednesday 30 March at Arsenal Stadium.

What do you need to know?

All the first legs ended 1-0, but of those four winners only Bayern were at home, Lea Schüller's header meaning Arsenal are the sole hosts this week needing to overturn a deficit. They can take some hope from London rivals Chelsea in the 2020/21 semi-finals, when the Blues lost 2-1 at Bayern but came through 4-1 in a thrilling return.

Arsenal had two shots cleared off the line in Munich and certainly came much closer to avoiding defeat than Barcelona, who lost there 3-1 in the group stage, a result that announced Bayern's ambitions to at least reach a first final.

In fact, they have won every game since, the impressive Saturday defeat of Wolfsburg making it 14 victories in a row as well as taking Bayern top of the Bundesliga. They have not conceded a goal in seven games, or in any away match since Barcelona in November.

Nevertheless, the Gunners' second-half push in Munich was bolstered when Victoria Pelova came off the bench for her Arsenal European debut following her January move from Ajax, and she is already proving a valuable addition in the long-term absence of Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema.

Form guide

Arsenal
Last six games (most recent result first): WLWWWL
Last match: Tottenham Hotspur 1-5 Arsenal, 25/03
Where they stand: 4th in Women's Super League, League Cup winners

Bayern
Last six games (most recent result first): WWWWWW
Last match: Bayern 1-0 Wolfsburg, 25/03
Where they stand: 1st in Frauen-Bundesliga, German Cup semi-finals

Predicted line-ups

Arsenal: Zinsberger; Maritz, Williamson, Rafaelle, McCabe; Little, Maanum, Wälti; Pelova, Blackstenius, Foord

Bayern: Grohs; Rall, Viggósdóttir, Kumagai, Hansen; Zadrazil, Stanway, Magull; Bühl, Schüller, Kett

Misses next game if booked: Kett, Viggósdóttir

View from the camps

Jonas Eidevall, Arsenal head coach: “I do think with the squad we have we can beat any team at any time. Having that feeling is one of the greatest feelings to have because you know everything is possible.

"With the away goals rule it would have been very complicated but now it isn't. We just have to win the football match by attacking and creating goalscoring opportunities while keeping a balance with the defence."

Rafaelle Souza, Arsenal defender: "We know it will be a hard game. We cannot make any mistakes. We’ve had a good week of training and feel like we’re ready. It can go both ways so we cannot make mistakes."

Alexander Straus, Bayern coach: "The last few weeks have been very tough and exhausting, but we're very confident after the last two games. The players are currently carrying the enormous burden in a great way. We probably played one of the best games of the season against Wolfsburg.

"I'm just very proud of how the team is performing and giving everything in every game despite the busy schedule. It's a tough time of the season and if you want to be a champion then you have to be able to handle it. In the game we want to present the best version of ourselves.”

Lina Magull, Bayern captain: "We are aware of what Arsenal can do, that they want to have the ball a lot and are very good with the ball. We saw that last week. That's why we want to make sure we have more possession ourselves and use our attacks better. We didn't do that well in last week. Otherwise, we can travel to London with two important wins behind us.

"We won't let ourselves be blinded by the 1-0 lead from the first leg, it's still very close. We approach it like after a 0-0. Of course we have a bit of an advantage, but we won't speculate on a tight result or a draw. We'll play to win, we definitely want to win the second leg – and then we'll go on."

Where is the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?

UEFA

Eindhoven's PSV Stadium will stage the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final at 16:00 CET on Saturday 3 June.

First opened in 1910, the 35,000-capacity PSV Stadium has a long history of hosting major matches, including the UEFA Cup finals of 1978 (second leg) and 2006, the second leg of the 1988 UEFA Super Cup and three games at UEFA EURO 2000.

On 6 April 2018, 30,238 fans at the home of PSV Eindhoven watched the Netherlands beat Northern Ireland on the way to the FIFA Women's World Cup, a record crowd for any UEFA-organised women's qualifier. On 1 June 2019, a then Dutch record women's football attendance of 30,640 saw the Netherlands face Australia in a friendly at the stadium.