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Club Brugge

2 — 3 Sep 08, 2026 · 10:15 PM IST

Aston Villa

Champions League · Round 1

Venue Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge

Referee Sandro Schärer

Attendance 24,286

Player of the Match Pau Torres 8.6 90' played

Match Events

9' Away Ian Maatsen

11' Away ⚽ John McGinn — 0-1

19' Home ⚽ Hugo Vetlesen — 1-1

22' Away ⚽ Emiliano Buendía — 1-2

43' Away ⚽ Nicolas Jackson — 1-3

HT

46' Home ↔ Hugo Siquet → Kyriani Sabbe

48' Home Hans Vanaken

61' Home ⚽ Nicolò Tresoldi — 2-3

62' Home Jan Virgili

68' Away ↔ Lamare Bogarde → Aaron Wan-Bissaka

68' Away ↔ Ross Barkley → Boubacar Kamara

68' Away ↔ Alysson Edward → Emiliano Buendía

77' Home ↔ Cheveyo Tsawa → Hans Vanaken

77' Home ↔ Félix Lemaréchal → Hugo Vetlesen

78' Away John McGinn

81' Away ↔ Tammy Abraham → Nicolas Jackson

86' Home ↔ Romeo Vermant → Freddie Potts

86' Home ↔ Mamadou Diakhon → Jan Virgili

89' Home Romeo Vermant

90' Away João Gomes

FT

Match Stats

64 36

Ball possession

1.53 3.22

Expected goals (xG)

14 21

Total shots

7 9

Shots on target

33 26

Touches in opposition box

2 4

Big chances

0 2

Big chances missed

532 (88%) 280 (83%)

Accurate passes

3 3

Yellow cards

4 5

Corners

Lineups

Club Brugge (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Ivan Leko

Starting XI

1 Yann Sommer 5.7

64 Kyriani Sabbe 5.5

3 Han-Beom Lee 6.6

44 Brandon Mechele 6.7

65 Joaquin Seys 6.7

8 Freddie Potts 6.2

20 Hans Vanaken 6.5

9 Carlos Forbs 7.3

10 Hugo Vetlesen 7.3

11 Jan Virgili 7.7

7 Nicolò Tresoldi 8

Substitutes

41 Hugo Siquet 7

16 Cheveyo Tsawa 6

80 Félix Lemaréchal 6.5

67 Mamadou Diakhon

17 Romeo Vermant

81 Argus Vanden Driessche

29 Nordin Jackers

58 Jorne Spileers

54 Samba Coulibaly

62 Lynnt Audoor

77 Andrej Vasović

27 Wisdom Mike

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Unai Emery

Starting XI

1 Zion Suzuki 8

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 7.2

3 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 6.7

14 Pau Torres 8.6

22 Ian Maatsen 6.9

8 Boubacar Kamara 7.4

35 João Gomes 8.2

7 John McGinn 8.6

10 Emiliano Buendía 7.9

53 George Hemmings 7.3

11 Nicolas Jackson 8.2

Substitutes

26 Lamare Bogarde 6.4

6 Ross Barkley 6.4

47 Alysson Edward 6.2

18 Tammy Abraham

42 James Wright

40 Marco Bizot

13 Matteo Ruggeri

5 Tyrone Mings

17 Alejandro Garnacho

19 Ibrahim Mbaye