Duels that could decide the Champions League Final
Not long to wait for the UEFA Women's Champions League Final! FC Barcelona take on Olympique Lyon, and just one of those teams will be lifting the coveted trophy this Saturday. Who will it be? Let's take a look at some of the areas where the game could be decided.
Clash of goalscorers
Barça and Lyon are the two highest scoring teams in the competition. Salma Paralluelo leads the way for Barça with six goals, a vast improvement on just the one that she got last time.
Meanwhile, the French side are led by Kadidiatou Diani with eight, a player who arrived from PSG last summer.
Assist leaders
Two Barça players, Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí and Norwegian international Graham Hansen, have both given no fewer than five assists in this year's UWCL campaign. The best any Lyon player can offer is three, an honour currently shared by Melchie Dumornay, Lindsey Horan and Daniëlle van de Donk.
Graham Hansen top for dribbles
Caroline Graham Hansen has turned dribbles into an art form. It comes as absolutely surprise to see her leading that competition in that category with an impressive 45 attempts to take on defenders with the ball at her feet.
There is nobody in the Lyon squad that comes anywhere close to matching the Norwegian. Vicki Bècho is their top dribbler with 22.
Engen champion of passing
Barça's 7,079 passes are way more than any other team has made in ten UWCL games this season. And the player who has made the biggest contribution to that tally is another Norwegian, this time Ingrid Engen with a humongous 844. So of every 100 passes that Barça have made, almost 12% were delivered by Engen.
Lyon are third in the ranking with 5,057 passes, and the biggest passer in the team has been Vanessa Gilles with 570.