Match Preview for Aston Villa V Club Brugge
Aston Villa Welcome Club Brugge in Villa Park in order to keep their place in the Champions League quarter -finals on Wednesday.
The Villans have one advantage of two goals from the first leg, putting them in a strong position to see the tie in front of a sad crowd at home.
The UNAI Emery side made the memories of 1-0 defeat on the Belgian side in the league phase 3-1 on the same stadium in the Knockout game, despite 1-0 down.
Now, Villa wants to get to their last eight in their debut season, matching the achievement last made by Atalanta in 2020.
Emery has lost only three of his last 19 Champions League games in four clubs.
It should give fans and players the confidence that they can close their point against Liverpool or Paris Saint-Germain in the next round.
It is the second appearance of the Brugge in the knockout rounds of the competition, and they have a mountain to climb from them is a bit of a return and progress.
Another night in Champions League in Villa Park 🔜 pic.twitter.com/ezpmacj3yz
– Aston Villa (@avfcofficial) March 11, 2025
News team for Aston Villa V Club Brugge
Both Emiliano Martinez and Marco Asensio lost their trip to Brdford on Saturday and Emery repaid their ability in front of the return to Villa Park.
Pau Torres has recently returned from ankle injury and will hope to compete with Tyrone Mings and Axel Disasi for a place in the original Xi.
The villa will be left without Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia with the couple not registered for the knockout stages.
For Brugge, Joaquin Seys remains absence with an injury, as is Bjorn Meijer.
Captain Hans Vanaken is on the line to make his 50th appearance in the Champions League on Wednesday night and will hope to point it out with a victory.
Leading scorer Ferran Jutgla will hope to add to his bracket that threw a weekend along with Chemsdine Talbi, who was also productive in Europe.
Expected lines for Aston Villa V Club Brugge
Aston Villa: Martinez; Excerpts, Konsa, Mings, Digne. McGinn, Tielemans. Bailey, Rogers, Rashford. Old
Clubs Brugge: Mignolet; Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper. Onyedika, Jachari. Talbi, Vanaken, Tzolis. Jutgla
How to watch Aston Villa V Club Bruges: Channel, online flow
Aston Villa V Club Brugge will start at 20:00 and is available to watch TNT Sports 2. Fans in UK will also be able to convey the match to the Discovery+application.
Ready to go. 🛫 #Avlcl #UCL pic.twitter.com/y9pqjyy0lx
– Club Brugge KV (@Clubbbrugge) March 11, 2025
