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Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
Peter Crouch
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Aston Villa's players are enjoying it and the fans are behind it. It's huge for the fans to be back in the big time.
Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa are playing in the top level of European club competition for the first time since the 1982-83 season, and have already claimed victory over one continental giant in Bayern Munich.
Boss Unai Emery said they expect to keep upsetting the odds.
"There will be some surprises if we are getting there, we are a surprise, we are not contenders or favourites to be in the top eight," he said.
Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
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Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
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Bruges is starting to fill up with Aston Villa fans now. The bars are full of claret and blue and the queue for the tickets is long. There are many fans who’ve travelled without a ticket just to sample the atmosphere in this beautiful and historic city.
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Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
What a start it has been in the Champions League for Aston Villa.
Manager Unai Emery says his players are halfway towards reaching the likely points tally needed for automatic qualification for the last 16.
Villa topped the Champions League table after three games with nine points.
The top eight after eight matches in the new 36-team league format reach the knockout rounds.
Those finishing ninth through 24th must play an extra play-off round in February to reach the last 16.
Villa are away to Club Brugge – who have one win and two losses so far - on Wednesday night.
And Emery says a win in Belgium would leave them just a few points short of what he thinks will be the mark for a top-eight finish.
"We have the possibility to get one step ahead in this competition, to be a contender in the top eight," he said on Tuesday evening. "This is a really amazing objective we can achieve."
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...And down at the bottom of the Champions League table. Bayern Munich will be looking to get back on track with back-to-back defeats leaving them in 25th place while Paris St-Germain and Atletico Madrid are also without a win in their last two and face each other tonight.
Here's how things are looking at the top of the Champions League table halfway through the fourth round of matches.
Liverpool sit top with four wins from four. Could Aston Villa join them? Can Arsenal boost themselves up the table?
Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)
Club Brugge, 27th in the Champions League standings, have ex-Sunderland and Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet in goal, while former Norwich forward Christos Tzolis also starts.
Club Brugge XI: Mignolet, De Cuyper, Mechele, Ordonez, Seys, Jashari, Vanaken, Nielsen, Tzolis, Jutgla, Skov Olsen.
Subs: Jackers, Siquet, Spileers, Sabbe, Romero, Meijer, Vetlesen, Vermant, Skoras, Talbi.
Defender Tyrone Mings, who was out of action for 14 months because of an anterior cruciate ligament injury between August 2023 and October 2024, makes his Champions League debut.
He is one of five changes to the Aston Villa starting 11 from the side that lost 4-1 at Tottenham, with starts too for Ian Maatsen, Diego Carlos, Boubacar Kamara and Leon Bailey.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Maatsen, Konsa, Carlos, Mings, Kamara, Tielemans, Bailey, Rogers, McGinn, Watkins.
Subs: Gauci, Digne, Torres, Bogarde, Nedeljkovic, Onana, Buendia, Ramsey, Swinkels, Philogene, Duran
A night of thrills, spills, shocks, goals and upsets last night.
What has tonight got in store for us?
Agony...
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd ecstasy for the Premier League teams in Europe last night...
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Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings will make his Champions League debut this evening. The England man has been plagued with injury for what feels like a long time but he's in the starting XI tonight.
Full team news to come.
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Here's what's coming up on the schedule this evening:
It's three wins from three for Aston Villa so far in the Champions League and one draw and two wins for Arsenal.
Can both sides extend their unbeaten records this evening?
Aston Villa travel to Club Brugge hoping to do just that while Arsenal take on Inter Milan later in Italy.
Let's go.
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Image source, Getty Images| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
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| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
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| 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
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| 4 | Brest | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
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| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
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| 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
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| 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
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| 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
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| 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
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| 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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| 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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| 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
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| 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
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| 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
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| 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
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| 16 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 7 |
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| 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
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| 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
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| 19 | Benfica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
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| 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
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| 21 | Feyenoord | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
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| 22 | Club Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
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| 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
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| 24 | PSV | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
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| 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
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| 26 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
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| 27 | Stuttgart | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
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| 28 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
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| 29 | Girona | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
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| 30 | Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 3 |
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| 31 | Bologna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
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| 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 0 |
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| 33 | Sturm Graz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
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| 34 | Young Boys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
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| 35 | Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 0 |
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| 36 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 |
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Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
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Internazionale and Arsenal only met previously in the 2003-04 UEFA Champions League – both games were away wins (Arsenal 0-3 Inter, Inter 1-5 Arsenal).
Arsenal have failed to score in each of their last four away UEFA Champions League games in Italy (D1 L3), with Emmanuel Adebayor the last Gunners player to score there in a 2-0 win over Milan in March 2008.
Although only five teams have faced more shots in the UEFA Champions League this season than Internazionale (53), they have kept three clean sheets so far. They have never kept four in a row in their European Cup history.
Internazionale have the oldest average starting XI in the UEFA Champions League this season (30 years, 139 days). They have also given the most minutes to players aged 30+ in 2024-25 (1,482).
Only Atalanta (4) have faced fewer shots on target in the UEFA Champions League this season than Arsenal (5), with the Gunners keeping three clean sheets so far. They last had a run of four consecutive clean sheets in November 2007.
All three of Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League goals this season have come in the first half. In the second half of matches, they have had only nine shots, with only Sparta Prague having fewer (8).
Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus could become the 43rd Brazilian player to make 50 UEFA Champions League appearances if he appears in this game. The last Brazilian to score on his 50th game was Lucas Moura in May 2019 in a hat-trick for Spurs vs Ajax, though Jesus has gone seven without a goal for the Gunners since netting in each of his first four games for the club.
Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer has kept seven clean sheets in 10 UEFA Champions League appearances for the club. That 70% clean sheet percentage is the best of any goalkeeper with 10+ appearances at a club in the competition.
Gabriel Martinelli has created five chances following a carry (moving 5+ metres with the ball) in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most of any player through the opening three matchdays. Indeed, he’s created the joint-most chances for Arsenal in the competition this term (6 – level with Kai Havertz), while also having the highest expected assists total (1.25).
Across the opening three matchdays of this season’s UEFA Champions League, the two players who made the most high-intensity pressures were Internazionale’s Mehdi Taremi and Arsenal’s Kai Havertz (211 each). For Havertz, he also made the most specifically in the final third in this period (92).
