Aston Villa would like to secure her place in the quarter -finals of the Champions League if you welcome the Club Brugge to the West Midlands on Wednesday evening.
Unai Emery’s team took a big step towards the last eight in Bruges by achieving a perhaps undeserved 3-1 victory. Brugge was superior to a large part of the competition after they had fallen back, but they were thwarted by the villages before the visitors met twice too late.
The villa glowed in Europe in Europe in Europe, and an expansion of its unbeaten run at home in this competition will handle its Belgian opponents.
Nicky Hayen’s team has already created one or two surprises in this year’s competition. They gave Manchester City afraid on the 8th day of the 8th league phase, before they impressed Atalanta in play-off and won both legs.
Visitors also go into the back leg after they have applied for the local bragging rights against Cercle Brugge on Sunday.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the second leg on Wednesday.
Aston Villa against Club Brugge head-to-head record (all times)
Current form (all competitions)
Aston Villa | Club Brugge |
|---|---|
Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa – 08/03/25 | Cercle Brugge 1-3 Club Brugge – 09/03/25 |
Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa – 04/03/25 | Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa – 04/03/25 |
Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff – 28/02/25 | Ghent 1-1 Club Brugge – 01/03/25 |
Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa – 25/02/25 | Club Brugge 1-2 Standard Lues -23/02/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea – 22/02/25 | Atalanta 1-3 Club Brugge – 18/02/25 |
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United Kingdom | Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 1 |
United States | Paramount+, VIX |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Marco Asensio and Emiliano Martinez missed the victory in Brentford on Saturday, but the couple will be available on Wednesday on the second leg. Robin Olsen kept a clean leaf in the absence of the latter.
The Villa injury list only contains Ross Barkley with Amadou Onana for an upcoming return. The dominant Belgian midfielder will probably start on Wednesday, but after several weeks due to a thigh injury, you could earn one minutes outside the bank.
Axel Disasi impressed at the beginning of his villa career and should keep his place in the start-XI, but Emery has to decide whether to use the Frenchman in the right-back or at the center of his defense. The Villa boss can of course call Pau Torres, while Tyrone Mings was a main reason why they won the first leg.
Aston Villa predicted the occupation against Club Brugge (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Disasi, Konsa, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Asensio, Rogers, Rashford; Watkins.
Joaquin Seys and Bjorn Meiler are both dealing with damage injuries that they are obliged to keep them out of operation. The couple was also not available for the first leg.
Otherwise, visitors have no injury concerns, and despite their defeat, we should see a similar start -xi from last week.
Ferran Jutgla will lead Brugges line after having achieved a bracket in the derby victory at the weekend.
Club Brugge predicted Lineup vs Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Seys, ordonez, mechele, de cuyper; Jashari, Vetlessen; Talbi; Vanaken, Tzolis; Jutgla.
These two late goals last Tuesday may have been through Brugge, who approached this second leg on the way in Bergamo from her performance in Bergamo.
However, Villa Park is a discouraging environment among the lights, and you have a mountain of a task if you are supposed to repeat your heroic deeds from the play-off round.
Hayen’s men will not make this a procession for Emery’s side, but the villa is well placed to penetrate the quarter -finals.