Women's Champions League: Vålerenga vs Bayern facts

Vålerenga will again attempt to halt Bayern München's perfect start to UEFA Women's Champions League Group C as the teams meet in Oslo on Matchday 4.

Bayern are in first place having collected a maximum nine points so far, while Vålerenga are still searching for their first points of the group stage.

Previous meetings

The Matchday 3 meeting in Munich on 12 November was the first between Bayern and Vålerenga. First-half goals from Pernille Harder (10) and Giulia Gwinn (17pen) put Bayern in charge, before Sarah Zadrazil (90+2) completed a 3-0 victory.

Form guide

Vålerenga

Record vs German clubs W0 D0 L1 F0 A3

Vålerenga's Matchday 3 loss to Bayern was their first game against a German team.

Olaug Tvedten scored their first-ever group stage goal in the 1-4 defeat to Arsenal on Matchday 2, which followed a 0-1 loss at home to Juventus in their Group C opener.

The Norwegian side's Women's Champions League debut in 2020/21 was ended on penalties by Brøndby in the round of 32 after the match in Denmark had ended 1-1. The following season, Vålerenga reached round 2 before being eliminated by Sweden's BK Häcken 3-6 on aggregate (1-3 h, 2-3 a).

Vålerenga again reached round 2 last season, firstly beating Minsk 3-1 and then edging past Celtic in dramatic fashion (2-2, 11-10 pens) after Elise Thorsnes' 123rd-minute spot kick had taken the game to penalties.

Their run was ended by Real Madrid in round 2, Vålerenga going down 1-5 on aggregate (1-2 a, 0-3 h).

Nils Lexerød's side won their first three matches in the competition this season, beginning with a 3-1 round 1 final defeat of Farul Constanța on 7 September.

That set up a round 2 meeting with Anderlecht. Quick-fire goals from Michaela Kovacs (14) – who was later sent off – and Karina Sævik (16) earned a 2-1 win in Brussels on 18 September before Thea Bjelde (70), Janni Thomsen (75) and Sævik again (81) scored in a 3-0 second-leg win in Oslo a week later.

Vålerenga won their second Norwegian Toppserien title in 2023 by a single point, and have made it back-to-back titles in 2024, finishing 14 points ahead of runners-up Brann.

Bayern

Record vs Norwegian clubs W1 D0 L0 F3 A0

Bayern's Matchday 3 victory was their first game against a Norwegian club.

Bayern have started a group stage with three successive wins for the first time, beating Arsenal 5-2 in Munich on Matchday 1 before a 2-0 victory at Juventus.

Harder has scored in all three group games so far, her Matchday 3 goal following a strike against Juventus and a hat-trick against Arsenal in Bayern's opener.

This is Bayern's fourth successive group appearance. They progressed to the quarter-finals as section runners-up in both 2021/22 and 2022/23, but did not make it out of Group C last year as they finished third behind Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax.

The German club have reached the semi-finals twice – losing to Chelsea 3-5 on aggregate in 2020/21 (2-1 h, 1-4 a) and being knocked out by eventual runners-up Barcelona in 2018/19 having lost 0-1 both home and away.

This is Bayern's 11th Women's Champions League appearance, their first coming in 2009/10. This is the tenth season in a row in which they have taken part.

Bayern won their sixth Frauen-Bundesliga title last term, and second in a row, finishing seven points clear of Wolfsburg. The Munich club were unbeaten in their 22 games (W19 D3), scoring 60 goals and conceding just eight.

The German side have lost just once in 16 away games in all competitions in 2024 (W13 D2).

Key facts

The head-to-head record for Norwegian teams against German teams in the Women's Champions League is W3 D1 L14.

Vålerenga's home Women's Champions League record is W3 D1 L3.

Bayern have lost only two of their last 18 group stage matches (W12 D4).

The German side have lost only two of their last eight away group games (W5 D1).

Bayern have only failed to score in two of their last 20 group fixtures.