FEATURED: Arsenal’s Champions League journey so far – In numbers

Arsenal will be playing in Europe in the first half of 2022 with The Gunners having negotiated their way into the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.

Jonas Eidevall’s side have been handed a two-legged quarter-final tie against German club VfL Wolfsburg with the first leg set to take place in late March.

How have The Gunners performed in the tournament so far? FAWSL Full-Time have summarised Arsenal’s progress in the competition ‘in numbers’.

28 – Arsenal have scored 28 goals in this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League across three rounds.

84.2 – Arsenal completed 84.2% of their attempted passes in the group stage, a record which could only be bettered by FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

7 – Jonas Eidevall’s side have won seven of their 10 UEFA Women’s Champions League fixtures this season.

3209 – During the group stage, Arsenal attempted 3,209 passes in just six games. They completed 2,755 of those passes.

3 – Arsenal have kept clean sheets in three of their four home fixtures in Round 2 and in the group stage combined.

11 – The Gunners’ number 11, Vivianne Miedema is their top scorer in this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League with seven goals in 10 appearances.

13 – Arsenal’s European goals have been shared all around the team with 13 different players having got their names on the scoresheet so far.

9 – Arsenal qualified for the quarter-finals of this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League after collecting nine points in the group stage. Eidevall’s side won three and lost three in their group campaign.

Arsenal will be at home in the first leg of their UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final tie against VfL Wolfsburg. Should The Gunners qualify for the semi-finals, they will meet Real Madrid or FC Barcelona, again over two legs.

Statistics: UEFA

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Daniel Pentland

I am the editor and owner of the WSL Full-Time brand which I launched in 2018.

I am an accredited journalist with the FWA, SJA and AIPS. I have reported from various levels of men’s and women’s elite football since 2016.

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