Lyon’s attack arrives under the lights with little sign of slowing down. OL Lyonnes host Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday after an 8-0 win over Servette, a result that extended an extraordinary scoring run for the French side.
Key takeaways
- OL Lyonnes welcome Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday.
- Lyon have scored 34 goals across their past five matches.
- Chelsea travel to France after a 1-0 victory against Austria Vienna.
- The clubs last met in the 2022-23 Champions League quarter-finals, when Chelsea progressed on penalties.
- Melchie Dumornay has scored eight times this season, while Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Ada Hegerberg have five goals each.
Lyon’s forwards set the pace
The Servette defeat was the latest statement from a Lyon team overwhelming opponents in recent weeks. Their 34-goal haul over five games underlines the scale of the challenge facing the English visitors.
Dumornay has been the leading scorer in that run and in Lyon’s season so far, with eight goals. Katoto and Hegerberg have each contributed five, giving the home side several established routes to goal rather than reliance on a single forward.
Chelsea, meanwhile, come into the match having beaten Austria Vienna 1-0. The narrow win secured their own positive start, but Wednesday presents a markedly different test against a side in fierce attacking form.
Chelsea carry memories of the last meeting
The two sides know the tension of a European knockout tie. They faced one another in the 2022-23 Women’s Champions League quarter-finals, drawing 2-2 before Chelsea won the return contest through a 4-3 penalty shoot-out.
That previous success offers Chelsea a reminder that Lyon can be contained over a high-pressure tie. But with the French club’s front line scoring freely, the London side will need to withstand a very different rhythm in Lyon on Wednesday.
