Defending champ Arsenal Women are at 11th spot of UEFA Women's Champions League standings. They are left with a lot of work after inconsistent start of the season. Real Madrid Women are doing very well and also improving.
Venue: It is Meadow Park in Borehamwood.
Table position: Real Madrid Women are seventh with seven points. Aresenal Women have just three points. They are in unseeded knockout playoffs bracket.
Missing players: Leah Williamson and Kim Little are missing for Arsenal. Steph Catley is their skipper.
Paris FC Women and SL Benfica Women will play a very important match in UEFA Women's Champions League at Stade Jean Bouin.
Venue: It is a fabulous stadium. Paris FC Women will play their first European club football game in this venue.
Recent games: SL Benfica Women had tough losses against Arsenal Women and Juventus Women. They held Twente Enschede Women to a draw to score their first point,
Table position: French club is at 14th and Portuguese club is at 15th spot. 9th to 12th spot are for unseeded knockout phase playoffs. Both teams just need one win to reach there.
There are is little difference between three wins and six wins. AS Monaco have have won six of eleven games. Even though ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne have fought valiantly with shorthanded roster issues, they have won three games.
ASVEL Lyon can beat Euroleague powerhouses. They proved that by beating Partizan Belgrade(88-87). Minimum playoff level is at six wins right now. ASVEL have to earn ore wins.
AS Monaco are ninth in the standings. They are familiar with a French LNB rival. But all games are always tough to win. ASVEL Lyon also have home court advantage.
Manchester United Women have been perfect in Women's Champions League. They have won three of three games. This game is special one. It will be played at VfL Wolfsburg Arena in Wolfsburg.
Table position: Manchester United Women are third with nine points. They have conceded just once and have scored four goals.
VfL Wolfsburg Women won their first two games before losing to high flying Olympique Lyonnais Women by 1-3. They have six points and are at sixth spot.
Both teams have made a couple of changes in playing XI from the last matchday.
Juventus Women are hosting Olympique Lyonnais Women in the fifth matchday of Women's UEFA Champions League,
Table position: Olympique Lyonnais Women are second. They have won three of three games. They have scored eight goals and conceded just twice Juventus Women are seventh. They have won two games and lost one. They have scored five goals and conceded four goals
This game will be played at Pozzo Lamarmora.
BC Hacken Women are leading the round of 16 tie against Internazionale Milano Women by 1-0 after the first leg. They controlled 43 percent possession in the home leg. Even though they had less possession than Internazionale Women, they created six chances, scored once, kept a clean sheet, and won the game. Internazionale Milano Women have to turn the tie around at Konami Youth Development Centre Ground in Milan.
Casmorama Travels Panionios Athens and Lietkabelis Panevezys are both finding it very hard to win games in Europcup Basketball. Both teams have lost six of seven games. Panionios Athens are also undergoing issues related to shorthanded playing roster. These teams are on the bottom of group B standings. Three wins are minimum for playoff level at this point and there is still time to gain ground in playoff chase.
Veolia Hamburg Towers are winless after seven matchdays of Eurocup Basketball. Cedevita Olmimpija Lubjana are at third spot of group A standings. They have won five of seven games.
Hamburg Towers have been reshuffling their playing roster. They have added new players to halt their losing skid. Cedevita are coping with a packed fixture schedule.
Hamburg Towers can be more competitive in this game as they are adding players and gaining better match rhythm.
This is elimination game in Cricket South Africa's T20 Challenge. South Western Districts Garden Route Bagers will face Mpumalanga Rhinos at Recreation Ground in Outdshoorn.
Table finish: Garden Route Badgers finished third and Mupmalanga Rhinos finished fourth in regular season.
Recent H2H match: Garden Route Badgers won against Mpumalanga by 5 wickets in Round Robin stage match.
Valenranga Women and Saint Polten Women will play in a key UEFA Women's Champions League game for both teams. Saint Polten Women have yet to open their points account after three matchdays. They also have to net their first strike in the goal. Valenranga Women have the last spot in unseeded knockout playoff bracket. They can improve their position.