This will be the first meeting between Monaco and Aston Villa, while the French side have won four of their last five home games against English sides in the UEFA Champions League (L1) – all of which have been against different teams (Chelsea and Liverpool in 2004, Spurs in 2016 and Manchester City in 2017).

Aston Villa are winless in their four away matches against French sides in Europe (D2 L2), with the most recent of those coming last season, in a defeat away to Lille in the UEFA Conference League (1-2 in the quarter-final second leg in April).

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has won each of his last six games against Monaco across all competitions (all in charge of Paris SG), with the aggregate scoreline of those games being 23-4. His last game against them was a 7-1 victory in a Ligue 1 clash back in April 2018.

Monaco were unbeaten in their opening four games in the UEFA Champions League this season (W3 D1), but have since lost the last two against Benfica (2-3) and Arsenal (0-3). They’ve never previously conceded 3+ goals in three consecutive matches in the European Cup/Champions League.  

Only Atalanta (9), Liverpool (9) and Feyenoord (7) have won more points in UEFA Champions League away games so far this season than Aston Villa (6), who have scored exactly three goals in their two away victories in the competition (3-0 v Young Boys, 3-2 v RB Leipzig).

Nine of Monaco’s 12 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season have come across their three home games with the French side last netting more on home turf in a group stage campaign in the competition in 2003-04 (13 in 3 games).

Among managers with 10+ wins to their name in the UEFA Champions League, Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has the highest average margin of victory in the competition’s history (+2.9 from 26 wins overall).

Excluding own goals, Monaco have had the most different goalscorers in the UEFA Champions League this season (10) – the last team with 11+ different scorers in a group stage campaign were Napoli in 2022-23 (11) and the last with 12+ were Borussia Dortmund in 2016-17 (14).

Aston Villa’s Jhon Durán has scored three goals in just six UEFA Champions League appearances, despite starting just one of those matches (v Bologna); the only players to net as often for an English club in the competition at a more frequent rate than the Colombian (68 mins) are Lucas Pérez (45 for Arsenal), Demba Ba (55 for Chelsea), Faustino Asprilla (58 for Newcastle) and Álvaro Negredo (65 for Man City).

Only two players have won more fouls than Monaco’s Lamine Camara (15) in the UEFA Champions League so far this season with three of those leading to the opposition receiving a card; only Sporting CP’s Trincão and Celtic’s Arne Engels have been fouled more often with the offence leading to either a caution or red card (4 each).