HEVERLEE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2025) (Interstat) — Arsenal Women opened their UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory over Leuven on Wednesday at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion.

Substitute Olivia Smith opened the scoring in the 18th minute, followed by fellow substitute Beth Mead nine minutes later. Saar Janssen sealed the dominant away performance with a 68th-minute goal. Leuven’s Linde Veefkind received a yellow card in the 64th minute.

The result matched the projection from Interstat’s game simulator and improved Arsenal’s record to 1-0-0 in the competition, while Leuven fell to 0-1-0. Interstat’s ELO system had given Arsenal a 53 percent probability to win.