Aston Villa host Bayern Munich at Villa Park in an exciting league phase match-up in 2024-25 UEFA Champions League.
Sat fourth and first respectively, victory could see Villa go top or Bayern remain at the summit due to their superior goal difference.
Team News
Villa have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-2 draw at Ipswich in the Premier League.
Matty Cash, John McGinn (both hamstring), Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings (both knee) remain sidelined.
Bayern could be without Harry Kane after he suffered an ankle injury in their 1-1 Bundesliga draw against Bayer Leverkusen.
Sacha Boey, Josip Stanisic (knee), Arijon Ibrahimovic (muscle), Hiroki Ito (metatarsal) and Daniel Peretz (tendon)
When is Kick-Off?
Villa host Bayern at Villa Park on Wednesday 2 October at 8pm BST, live on TNT Sport 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Aston Villa won their only previous meeting against Bayern Munich (W1), which came in a 1-0 result to win the 1981-82 European Cup Final.
- This is Bayern Munich’s first competitive visit to Villa Park.
- Villa lost their only previous home game against German opposition in all UEFA competitions, which came in a 1-0 defeat to BFC Dynamo.
- Bayern have lost just one of their last seven trips to English opposition in the Champions League (W4, D2, L1),
Prediction
Following their dominant win at Young Boys a fortnight ago, Villa can have some confidence coming into this game but their defence must be better after Ipswich were able to twice hit them with pace especially on their right flank.
Bayern though absolutely roasted Dinamo Zagreb in their first fixture of this new format and with or without Kane, I can still see them being a nightmare and ripping Villa’s shaky defence apart.
The first goal therefore will be key because if Villa get ahead in front of the home crowd then game on, otherwise I can see one result looming.
Prediction: Aston Villa 1-3 Bayern Munich
Result: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich