Club Brugge — Aston Villa 2:3, 8 September: match result

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 1 Tuesday 8 September · 16:45 UTC

Club Brugge 27th · 0 pts L

2 : 3 1st half 1:3

Aston Villa 6th · 3 pts W

Jan Breydel Stadion · referee S. Scharer

Match predictionBold

Someone will win

84% · Aston Villa sit 21 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Someone will win”, and the match finished 2:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Club Brugge 40% draw 21% Aston Villa 39%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Club Brugge win, and the match finished 2:3. Fans backed Club Brugge win — they got it wrong.

fans 53 votes

Club Brugge 47% draw 11% Aston Villa 42%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

I. Maatsen 9'

J. McGinn assist: P. Torres 0-1 11'

H. Vetlesen assist: J. Virgili 1-1 19'

E. Buendia assist: Joao Gomes 1-2 22'

N. Jackson assist: P. Torres 1-3 43'

H. Siquet for K. Sabbe 46'

H. Vanaken 48'

N. Tresoldi penalty 2-3 61'

J. Virgili 62'

Alysson for E. Buendia 68'

R. Barkley for B. Kamara 68'

L. Bogarde for A. Wan-Bissaka 68'

F. Lemarechal for H. Vanaken 77'

C. Tsawa for H. Vetlesen 77'

J. McGinn 78'

T. Abraham for N. Jackson 81'

M. Diakhon for J. Virgili 86'

R. Vermant for F. Potts 86'

R. Vermant 89'

Joao Gomes 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Club Brugge 4-2-3-1 · Ivan Leko 4-2-3-1 · Unai Emery Aston Villa

Yann Sommer  
Kyriani Sabbe  3 Han-Beom Lee  44 Brandon Mechele  65 Joaquin Seys  
Freddie Potts  20 Hans Vanaken  
Carlos Forbs  10 Hugo Vetlesen  11 Jan Virgili  
Nicolò Tresoldi  

Nicolas Jackson  
John McGinn  10 Emiliano Buendía  53 George Hemmings  
Boubacar Kamara  35 João Gomes  
Aaron Wan-Bissaka  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  22 Ian Maatsen  
Zion Suzuki  

Club Brugge bench

77Andrej Vasovic
81Argus Vanden Driessche
16Cheveyo Tsawa
80Félix Lemaréchal
41Hugo Siquet
58Jorne Spileers
62Lynnt Audoor
67Mamadou Diakhon
29Nordin Jackers
17Romeo Vermant
54Samba Coulibaly
27Wisdom Mike

Aston Villa bench

17Alejandro Garnacho
47Alysson
19Ibrahim Mbaye
42James Wright
26Lamare Bogarde
40Marco Bizot
13Matteo Ruggeri
6Ross Barkley
18Tammy Abraham
5Tyrone Mings

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

64%Possession36%

14Shots21

7Shots on target9

4Shots off target5

3Blocked shots7

10Shots inside box15

4Shots outside box6

118Attacks77

73Dangerous attacks29

4Corners5

1Offsides1

17Fouls15

3Yellow cards3

5Saves5

601Passes340

531Accurate passes282

15Free kicks18

20Throw-ins12

5Goal kicks3

1Penalties0

Club Brugge

Aston VillaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Club Brugge and Aston Villa met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League on 8 September at Jan Breydel Stadion. Final score — 2:3.

Club Brugge sit 27th on 0 points after 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Aston Villa sit 6th on 3 points after 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Club Brugge last five Aston Villa

L form W

1 Matches 1

0 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 0 — 0

2 — 3 Scored — conceded 3 — 2

0 Points per game 3

2 Goals scored per game 3

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Club Brugge at home: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 2—3, 0 points per match.

Aston Villa away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—2, 3 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2—0	3
6	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3—2	3
7	Real Betis	1	1	0	0	3—2	3
…
26	Lille	1	0	0	1	2—3	0
27	Club Brugge	1	0	0	1	2—3	0
28	Internazionale	1	0	0	1	1—2	0

Full UEFA Champions League table