Aston Villa have the only real intention of sustaining their 100% begin to the league part of the brand new Champions League format once they tackle Membership Brugge on Wednesday.
It has been a memorable begin to Villa’s continental marketing campaign, with an unforgettable overcome Bayern Munich on Matchday 2 complementing skilled victories over Younger Boys and Bologna.
Unai Emery’s Villans subsequent tackle a Brugge aspect that sit second within the Belgian Professional League however twenty sixth within the league part desk having been crushed by Borussia Dortmund and Milan. Their sole victory arrived towards Austrian champions Sturm Graz away from house.
The hosts head into Wednesday’s bout off the again of a three-game profitable run, whereas Villa have misplaced two on the bounce. After exiting the Carabao Cup by the hands of Crystal Palace final week, Villa had been put to the sword by a rampant Tottenham Hotspur within the second half on Sunday, finally shedding 4-1 regardless of taking a first-half lead.
Here is 90min’s information to Aston Villa’s Champions League conflict on Wednesday night.
Membership Brugge vs Aston Villa H2H Document
That is the primary aggressive assembly between Membership Brugge and Aston Villa.
Present type (all competitions)
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Membership Brugge |
Aston Villa |
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0-1 Membership Brugge – 02/11/24 |
Tottenham 4-1 Aston Villa – 03/11/24 |
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Membership Brugge 6-1 Belisia Bilzen – 30/10/24 |
Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace – 30/10/24 |
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Membership Brugge 2-1 Anderlecht – 27/10/24 |
Aston Villa 1-1 Bournemouth – 26/10/24 |
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Milan 3-1 Membership Brugge – 22/10/24 |
Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna – 22/10/24 |
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Westerlo 1-2 Membership Brugge – 19/10/24 |
Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa – 19/10/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports activities 2 |
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United States |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, TUDN USA, UniMás |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Gustaf Nilsson not too long ago returned from a calf damage, however there are doubts over his standing for Wednesday’s sport after he missed Brugge’s win over Leuven on Saturday. If the Swede is not match to function towards Villa, 20-year-old ahead Romeo Vermant ought to get the nod up high.
Midfielder Raphael Onyedika obtained his marching orders within the defeat to Milan so is suspended right here. Former Bodo/Glimt star Hugo Vetlesen is poised to start out within the Nigerian’s absence.
Andreas Skov Olsen and stalwart Hans Vanaken are Brugge’s chief threats going ahead, whereas Maxim De Cuyper is one to observe at full-back.
Membership Brugge predicted lineup vs Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Seys, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Jashari, Vetlesen; Skov Olsen, Vanaken, Tzolis; Vermant.
Morgan Rogers was poleaxed by Cristian Romero on Sunday and subsequently withdrawn, however the Villa attacker did not appear too bothered by the knock he sustained and ought to be obtainable on Wednesday.
Matty Money additionally succumbed to damage on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and is much less more likely to function. His absence will virtually definitely draw Ezri Konsa away from the centre of Villa’s backline and permit Diego Carlos to come back in.
Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings are in rivalry for begins, however Emery can not name upon Ross Barkley till after the worldwide break as a result of damage.
Jhon Duran, who scored in Villa’s earlier two Champions League outings, will likely be hoping for a beginning berth over Ollie Watkins up high.
Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Membership Brugge (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey; Duran.
Convincing defeats to Dortmund and Milan have been harsh on Brugge, who’ve proven competence on this competitors up to now and can check the guests on Wednesday.
Emery’s beliefs have to this point labored a deal with for the Villans below the lights, and the Spaniard should not be too downbeat regardless of the style wherein his crew collapsed on Sunday.
Whereas Villa’s defence is at all times higher with Konsa on the coronary heart of it, the guests ought to have loads of pleasure towards a Brugge aspect that usually concedes two or extra in Champions League outings. Milan and Dortmund have capitalised on a defence that may look outmatched at this stage, and we have got to count on Villa’s attacking pressure to get pleasure from themselves right here.
