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Club Brugge have never won away in England in major European competition in 14 attempts (D2 L12), losing their last five visits. Only Anderlecht (18) and Dynamo Kyiv (15) have played more in England without ever winning.
Aston Villa could become the ninth different English side to qualify for a UEFA Champions League quarter-final, which would be the most teams from a single nation to have done so (England currently level with Spain on eight).
Aston Villa have progressed from 12 of their previous 14 major European ties when they’ve won the first leg – the others were in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup vs Inter (2-0 first leg, 0-3 second leg) and 1998-99 UEFA Cup vs Celta Vigo (1-0 first leg, 3-1 second leg).
Club Brugge have lost the first leg at home in six previous major European ties and have been eliminated on each occasion. Overall, they’ve been knocked out in nine of their last 10 ties when losing the first leg, with the other in the Conference League last season in the last 16 against Molde (1-2 first leg, 3-0 second leg).
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has only lost three of his last 19 home games in the UEFA Champions League (W11 D5), across spells with four different clubs. Indeed, he’s unbeaten in his four home matches in the competition in charge of his current club (W3 D1).
Club Brugge won their previous away game in the UEFA Champions League, beating Atalanta 3-1 in the play-off round in February. They’ve never previously won consecutive away games in the European Cup/Champions League.
Aston Villa are looking to become the first side to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in their debut season since Atalanta in 2019-20. Five English teams have achieved that – Chelsea in 1999-00, Leeds in 2000-01 (semi-final), Liverpool in 2001-02, …
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