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Villa beat Leipzig 3-2
Real win thriller in Atalanta
Liverpool beat Girona and Celtic draw at Zagreb
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RB Salzburg 0-3 PSG, Shakhtar Donetsk 1-4 Bayern
A much-needed win coming for French champions PSG with Nuno Mendes and Desire Doue scoring in the second half.
Jamal Musiala has sealed the three points for Bayern with a typically brilliant finish and they lead 4-1.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa
Emiliano Martinez was at fault for RB Leipzig's first goal but he has just made amends here, saving a shot with a leg to stop an angled strike finding the net.
RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Those Villa fans that have travelled over here are going absolutely wild in the corner.
Villa are celebrating as a team, all ten outfield players away to our right, celebrating what looks like a winning goal by Ross Barkley.
It's not the cleanest of strikes, he slips as he hits it. It's a huge deflection.
RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
The manager has said to Barkley go and change the game and that is a huge deflection. The goalkeeper can do nothing about that and it is a horrible deflection.
It is what you are sent on for as a substitute. Take the little bit of luck.
Ross Barkley
Villa get lucky, but they don't care. Ross Barkley has only just come on and gets the ball 25 yards out. He slips while shooting, the ball takes a huge deflection off home man Lukas Klostermann and it leaves Peter Gulacsi with no chance and it is in the net for a potential winner.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
What's he thinking Pau Torres? He looks up, you can see Openda is there yet he still plays the ball straight to the centre-forward on the edge of the box.
It's a really poor, weak finish from Openda and from an excellent opportunity.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
Openda should have scored. It was a terrible error from Torres and he has the whole goal to aim at.
He hits it straight at Martinez.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Pau Torres with an awful cross-field ball 30 yards from his own goal and it is intercepted by Lois Openda. He should have done much better and he had enough time to take a touch, but instead opts to hit it first time and it is straight at the away keeper, Emiliano Martinez.
Luckily for Torres, Leipzig couldn't take advantage of the gift.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
The Villa wall stays strong and blocks the Lois Openda free-kick and a good chance for the home side comes to nothing.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
A free-kick to RB Leipzig in the 'D' on the edge of the penalty area. Nervous moments for Villa. Diego Carlos gets himself a yellow card as a result.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
He doesn't look secure at all, the goalkeeper Gulacsi, for me tonight.
Neither goalkeeper has played well tonight but Gulacsi he looks like he's lacking in confidence.
Again there he came for the cross, flapped at it at the far post. He got away with it.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
John McGinn, who is another to have impressed for Villa today, has been taken off for Emiliano Buendia. Fifteen minutes plus change left in this one.
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Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Brilliant from home keeper Peter Gulacsi, at full stretch to his left to get fingertips to a wonderful effort from Lucas Digne that was heading for the top corner.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
A change for Villa as on comes 18-year-old Serbia defender Kosta Nedeljkovic on for Matty Cash.
Nedeljkovic is yet to start a Premier League match so this is going to be a big test for him.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
The game is becoming more and more open. Leipzig have to win it, Villa certainly not settling for the draw, they're pressing high, looking to close down, looking to win back possession and in Jhon Duran they carry a real goal threat.
Image source, EPAAtalanta 2-3 Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk 1-3 Bayern Munich
That is absolutely brilliant from Ademola Lookman as he powers home a finish at Thibaut Courtois' near post to put Atalanta one goal behind Real Madrid.
Michael Olise has scored from the spot for Bayern after a very harsh penalty was awarded.
RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
Yes because when you are given your opportunity you have got to take it. That is your only answer.
I know he is only young but you have every right to go and ask the manager you are not starting if you are doing what he wants.
Forget your age. If you are doing your bit and doing wat the manager wants, you have to be in the team.
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Who's been saying Martinez is the best keeper in the world at the moment?
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RB Leipzig 2-2 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
That's a real sucker punch for Aston Villa because that is an absolute smash and grab by RB Leipzig.
Unai Emery is on our screen, he's got his head in his hands.
It's a lovely finish by Baumgartner but Emi Martinez, he's had nothing to do in this game, he's made a real error of judgement reading the through-ball for the first goal - he's just done it again.
He's stood at the edge of his box, he could come out, deal with that but he doesn't. He allows Openda all the time in the world, floats the ball to the back post to Baumgartner and it's a fantastic volley.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
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| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
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| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
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| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
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5 Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
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12 Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
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| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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14 Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
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15 Benfica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
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| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
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21 PSV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
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| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
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23 Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 8 |
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| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
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25 Feyenoord | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 7 |
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26 Stuttgart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
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27 Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 4 |
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28 Sparta Prague | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 4 |
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29 Sturm Graz | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
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30 Girona | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
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31 Red Star Belgrade | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 3 |
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32 Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 3 |
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33 Bologna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
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| 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 0 |
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35 Slovan Bratislava | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 0 |
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36 Young Boys | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 0 |
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Manager: Marco Rose
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Marco Rose
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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RB Leipzig and Aston Villa have never previously faced each other in Europe. However, the German side have lost each of their last four matches against English sides in the UEFA Champions League, while conceding 14 goals in those four games.
This will be Aston Villa’s first away game against a German opponent in Europe since December 2008, in a 1-3 defeat to Hamburg in the UEFA Cup. Meanwhile, their last one in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League was in October 1981, in a 2-1 victory over Berliner FC Dynamo.
RB Leipzig have lost each of their last five UEFA Champions League matches, all of which have been this season. If they lose here, it will be their longest ever losing streak in the competition, and the longest by a German side overall since Bayer Leverkusen in March 2003 (7).
After winning their first three UEFA Champions League games of 2024-25, Aston Villa have failed to win their last two (D1 L1). The last time Unai Emery failed to win three consecutive group/league phase games with a single club in the competition was in September-November 2015 with Sevilla (4).
German teams have lost all three of their matches against English sides in the UEFA Champions League this season, all without scoring a goal: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig 0-1 Liverpool and Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen.
RB Leipzig have averaged 386 high-intensity pressures per game in the UEFA Champions League this season; the second-most of any team in the tournament, only behind Sturm Graz (392.4). Meanwhile, Aston Villa rank 33rd out of 36 teams for high-intensity pressures per game in the competition this term (265.8).
Aston Villa are the team with the highest percentage of their total passes being line-breaking passes in the UEFA Champions League this season (15.9%). Indeed, only two sides have made more line-breaking passes from their own half than Villa (211) this term: Bayer Leverkusen (241) and Juventus (216).
Jhon Durán is Aston Villa’s top scorer in the UEFA Champions League this season (two goals), while no player has attempted more shots for them (9). This is despite the Colombian only being on the pitch for 35% of Villa’s match time in the competition this season (159/450).
Benjamin Sesko has scored three of RB Leipzig’s four goals in the UEFA Champions League this season. Among teams to have netted more than once, Sesko has accounted for a higher percentage of his team’s goals than any other player in 2024-25 (75%).
Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers is one of only five players to have completed 10+ dribbles (18) and created 10+ chances from open play (10) in the UEFA Champions League this season, along with Vinícius Júnior, Florian Wirtz, Savinho, and Johan Bakayoko.
