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Villa beat Leipzig 3-2
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HT: RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
Aston Villa's good work was undone by one crazy error. RB Leipzig got back into it but Villa have created chances.
I think if they get that timing right on the pass to Watkins in behind, they could score today. No panic yet.
Image source, Getty ImagesShakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Bayern Munich, Brest 1-0 PSV, Atalanta 1-1 Real Madrid
It's game on in Bergamo as Atalanta level from the penalty spot against Real Madrid through Charles De Ketelaere.
Bayern have brilliantly turned it around with Thomas Muller slotting the German side into the lead while French side Brest lead PSV 1-0.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Level at the break. Villa were much the better team and should've been further ahead after John McGinn struck in the third minute.
But an error from Emiliano Martinez gifted the hosts an equaliser, with Lois Openda making it 1-1.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins, again with a similar move where he had just put the ball in the net only for it to be ruled offside, breaks free down the right channel.
With defenders struggling to keep up, Watkins gets a shot away, but Peter Gulacsi does enough, diving low to stop it.
Atalanta 0-1 Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe has gone off injured, but judging by the way he walked off it didn't look too serious.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
I don't know whether John McGinn needed that extra second. If he had passed it slightly earlier then Watkins would have been onside.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
The ball is in the net after Ollie Watkins raced through and slotted past Peter Gulacsi, but the assistant's flag is up and the joy is short lived.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
In the last few moments it has been scrappy. It has been stop-start.
Villa just need to get back in control of the game as they were earlier on, have some good possession, enjoy having the ball.
Image source, EPARB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
Watkins would have wanted a pass but Cash has certainly been a threat down the right.
He decides to go for a shot but it is straight at Gulacsi. He is finding space down that right.
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So... to get a goal against Villa in the CL. You just need VILLA to goof it up for you.... 2 comical goals conceded (well comical penalty leading to a goal for 1)
Mat. Villa fan.
Villa lost 1-0 to Club Brugge after Tyrone Mings picked up the ball in his penalty area, with the Belgians converting the resulting spot kick.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Morgan Rogers plays in Matty Cash and he is at the top right corner of the penalty area before he shoots at goal. Unconvincing work in the home goal from Peter Gulacsi as he can only parry the shot that was straight at him, but he keeps it out of goal and that's all that matters.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
When they're in possession it looks like they're playing a flat 4-4-2.
That's not a rarity under Unai Emery, they do have the flexibility to do that.
RB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Loïs Openda has scored his first goal in the 2024-25 Champions League, netting for the first time since his double on 28 November 2023 in the 3-2 loss against Manchester City.
Club Brugge 1-1 Sporting, RB Salzburg 0-1 PSG
Incredible scenes as Club Brugge levelled through an Eduardo Quaresma own goal just minutes before Anthony Taylor awarded a penalty for Sporting, but VAR later reversed the decision.
Elsewhere, Goncalo Ramos has given PSG the lead against RB Salzburg.
Image source, ReutersRB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Emi Martinez is a world-class goalkeeper but he gets that completely wrong.
He stands at the edge of the box, he comes, he stops and in the hesitation between him and Pau Torres, Openda just nips in between the two of them.
Image source, ReutersRB Leipzig 1-1 Aston Villa
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on Amazon Prime
I spoke too soon saying they were comfortable. What are they doing?
Martinez comes out of his box and thinks the bounce will come to him but it never does. Awful error.
Lois Openda
Out of nowhere and completely against the run of play, RB Leipzig equalise.
There looks to be no danger when the ball is played forward but Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez has gone walkabout and that enables Lois Openda to get there first. He nudges the ball past Martinez and then taps into the unguarded goal.
Image source, Getty ImagesRB Leipzig 0-1 Aston Villa
It's all Aston Villa. A corner from the left finds its way to Matty Cash, who is near the penalty area. He is faced with two charging down home defenders though and although he gets their first, can't get a clean contact and slices the effort wide of goal.
RB Leipzig 0-1 Aston Villa
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 0-1 Aston Villa
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
They've been rocked by that early goal Leipzig, you can see that.
You can see the manager is just trying to get some messages onto his players, trying to get them to regroup.
They need to get hold of the ball, try to get some kind of possession.
Image source, Reuters| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
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| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
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| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
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| 4 | 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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| 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| |
| 11 | 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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| 13 | 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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| 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
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| 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
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| 20 | 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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| 22 | 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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| 24 | 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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| 34 | 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.
