Here is our Aston Villa predicted lineup for the UEFA Champions League fixture against Club Brugge on Wednesday, November 6.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Club Brugge for Champions League Clash
How Aston Villa Have Lined up Recently
Aston Villa’s starting lineups have remained largely settled throughout the Premier League and Champions League so far.
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However, given their commanding position at the top of the Champions League table, and with a trip to Anfield on the horizon, could Unai Emery be tempted to rotate here?
Aston Villa’s Recent Form and Tactics
Can Aston Villa make it four wins out of four in the Champions League?
So far, the Claret and Blue Army have won every game in this competition, without even conceding a goal, defeating Young Boys in Bern and then both Bayern Munich and Bologna in Birmingham.
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Thus, they’ve become only the third Champions League debutants, after Málaga in 2012 and Leicester in 2016, to win their opening three fixtures.
Neither were able to make it four wins out of four, but both got all the way to the quarter-finals.
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As the Villans travel to Brugge, they’ll be looking to bounce back from Sunday’s 4-1 hammering at Tottenham, in which they took the lead through Morgan Rogers, before conceding thrice late on.
This made it just one league win in five for Villa, although they’ll still be strong favourites for victory at Jan Breydelstadion.
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Aston Villa Injuries to Consider
Ross Barkley is currently the only player sidelined, with Emery describing his issue as ‘small‘.
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However, both Matty Cash and Rogers were taken off at the weekend, making both doubts for this clash in Belgium.
If Emery does rotate his lineup, Jhon Durán could lead the line, as he did against Bologna a fortnight ago.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Club Brugge
GK: Emi Martínez.
RB: Ezri Konsa.
CB: Diego Carlos.
CB: Pau Torres.
LB: Lucas Digne.
CDM: Amadou Onana.
CM: Youri Tielemans.
CM: John McGinn.
RM: Leon Bailey.
LM: Jaden Philogene.
ST: Jhon Durán.
