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Women's Champions League: Chelsea Lead Matchday 4

By The Daily Byte ·10 Nov 2026 ·3 min read
Chelsea Women players celebrating a trophy win, ahead of their Women's Champions League trip to BK Hacken

The UEFA Women's Champions League returns on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, with five matches opening Matchday 4 of the league phase, and England's two representatives both face testing away trips.

Chelsea travel to Sweden to face BK Hacken, while Manchester City visit Inter in Italy. Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich, Real Madrid take on Paris FC, and Roma meet Servette in the other three fixtures on a busy night of European football.

With the league phase now past its midway point, the race for the knockout rounds is taking shape, and every point matters for the sides chasing a place in the top eight.

Chelsea aim to stay unbeaten in Sweden

Chelsea head to the Nordic Wellness Arena in Gothenburg for the early kick-off, at 17:45 GMT, looking to extend a remarkable European run.

Sonia Bompastor's side have seven points from their first three matches, with two wins and a draw, and they are yet to concede a goal in this season's competition. They have kept clean sheets in each of their last four European matches and could make it five in a row for only the second time in the club's history.

Their record in the competition is formidable. Chelsea have lost just one of their last 33 group-stage or league-phase matches in the Women's Champions League and are unbeaten in their last 27, a run stretching back to December 2021.

History also favours the visitors in this fixture. Chelsea won 3-1 on their previous visit to Sweden in December 2023, and they have never lost in four meetings with Swedish opposition.

Hacken, by contrast, are still looking for their first win in the competition this season, with one point from three matches. The Swedish champions have won just one of their eight home matches in the Women's Champions League, and they have scored only once so far in this campaign.

The Opta supercomputer still expects a competitive evening, giving Chelsea a 47.7 per cent chance of victory, with Hacken at 28.1 per cent and the draw at 24.2 per cent.

Chelsea will want to bounce back quickly from a 1-1 draw at home to Everton in the Women's Super League on Saturday, a result that cost them top spot in the domestic table.

City visit Inter as PSG host Bayern

The late kick-offs, at 20:00 GMT, bring two more heavyweight ties. Manchester City travel to Monza to face Inter, while Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Real Madrid host Paris FC in the other early match, at the same time as Hacken against Chelsea, and Roma welcome Servette to the Stadio Tre Fontane in Rome.

Barcelona, the only side yet to drop a point in the league phase, face Arsenal in this round, in a repeat of last season's final, underlining how competitive the top of the table has become.

With nine teams still unbeaten after three rounds, the margins at the top are tight, and a win on Tuesday could prove decisive in the battle for direct qualification to the quarter-finals.

What is at stake

The league phase ends on 16 December, when all 18 teams play at the same time, and the top eight sides go straight through to the quarter-finals.

For Chelsea, a win in Gothenburg would keep them firmly in that leading group and extend one of the longest unbeaten runs in the competition's history. For Hacken, even a point against one of Europe's strongest sides would be a famous result.

City, meanwhile, will be looking to make their own statement in Italy, on a night when the Women's Champions League once again takes centre stage across the continent.