Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 8 September 2026

Result

Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa

Champions League · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 16:45 UTC · Jan Breydelstadion, Brugge · half-time 1-3

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Club Brugge 2-3 Aston Villa: match report

Club Brugge were beaten by Aston Villa 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Jan Breydelstadion. It was 1-3 at half-time.

John McGinn opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Club Brugge's goals came from Hugo Vetlesen (19') and Nicolò Tresoldi (61', penalty). Aston Villa scored through John McGinn (11'), Emiliano Buendía (22') and Nicolas Jackson (43').

Discipline: Club Brugge received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Club Brugge are 13th on 6 points and Aston Villa are 3rd on 9 points.

Club Brugge lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.0), level with Nicolò Tresoldi (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Club Brugge win, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Ian MaatsenAston Villa
  • 11'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Hugo VetlesenClub Brugge · 1-1
  • 22'Goal · Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa · 1-2
  • 43'Goal · Nicolas JacksonAston Villa · 1-3
  • 48'Yellow card · Hans VanakenClub Brugge
  • 61'Penalty goal · Nicolò TresoldiClub Brugge · 2-3
  • 62'Yellow card · Jan Virgili TenasClub Brugge
  • 78'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 88'Yellow card · Romeo VermantClub Brugge
  • 89'Yellow card · João GomesAston Villa

Form and table

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3Aston Villa4301126+69WWWL
13Club Brugge320196+36LWW

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Head-to-head

3 meetings: Club Brugge 1, draws 0, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

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Club Brugge line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yann Sommer, Kyriani Sabbe, Han-beom Lee, Brandon Mechele, Joaquin Seys, Freddie Potts, Hans Vanaken, Carlos Forbs, Hugo Vetlesen, Jan Virgili Tenas, Nicolò Tresoldi

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zion Suzuki, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, João Gomes, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, George Hemmings, Nicolas Jackson

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