Chelsea face Barcelona rematch as Women’s Champions League draw revealed | OneFootball

Chelsea will face Barcelona for the fourth straight season in the Women’s Champions League, this time in the new-look league phase as the draw for the expanded 18-team competition was revealed.

Chelsea have been eliminated by Barcelona at the semi-final stage three years in a row, including an 8-2 aggregate defeat last season, but Sonia Bompastor’s side will have their chance for revenge when they host Barcelona.

European champions Arsenal, who defeated Barcelona in last season’s final, will play Lyon and Real Madrid - two of the teams they beat on their way to winning the Champions League - as well as a trip to Bayern Munich.

Each team in the league phase will play six fixtures, with three home and three away. Teams that finish in the top-four of the overall standings go through to the quarter-finals directly to the quarterfinals. Those ranked from 5th to 12th go to a play-off round, with the bottom six teams eliminated.

Chelsea’s fixtures: Barcelona (home), Wolfsburg (away), Roma (home), St. Polten (away), Paris FC (home), Twente (away).