Club Brugge vs Aston Villa Preview

Club Brugge host Aston Villa at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Tuesday as both sides open their Champions League league phase campaign in contrasting form.

Club Brugge have won 3 of their last 5 games and arrive with some confidence. Their most recent result was a 1-0 away win at Lommel SK. Prior to that, a 2-1 home defeat to Gent. Before that, a 1-0 home win over Cercle Brugge. Earlier in this run, a 3-0 away win at Leuven, and before that a 0-1 home defeat to Beerschot in a friendly.

Aston Villa, by contrast, are winless in their last five and head into this one under real pressure. Their most recent outing was a goalless draw away at Hull. Prior to that, a 0-1 home defeat to Arsenal. Before that, a 4-0 away hammering at Brighton. Earlier in this run, a 2-1 away defeat at Borussia Monchengladbach in a friendly, and before that a 2-1 loss to PSG in the Super Cup.

The two sides have met three times, with the head-to-head record favouring Aston Villa, who have won two of those meetings to Club Brugge’s one. Most recently, Villa won 3-0 at home in this season’s competition. In the meeting before that, Villa won 3-1 away at Club Brugge.

Both clubs go into this one with a clean slate at the start of the league phase, so there’s no points gap to speak of yet — Brugge were seeded 11th and Villa 2nd heading into the draw, giving Villa the theoretical stronger pedigree on paper, but early-season form suggests this one is far more even than the seeding implies.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and available to stream via HBO Max, with Virgin Media Two also carrying it in the Republic of Ireland. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on Paramount+, fuboTV, or CBS Sports Network. The game is also available in Germany on DAZN Germany and in Spain via Movistar+.

Possible Lineups

Club Brugge (4-2-3-1) Sommer, Tresoldi, Mechele, Seys, Vermant, Potts, Lee, Diakhon, Vanaken, Vetlesen, Sabbe

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) Suzuki, Cash, Mings, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Barkley, McGinn, Buendia, Jackson, Hemming

Club Brugge Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Lommel SK	0-1	Club Brugge KV	JL	04.09.26
❌	Gent	2-1	Club Brugge KV	JL	30.08.26
✅	Club Brugge KV	1-0	Cercle Brugge KSV	JL	23.08.26
✅	Leuven	0-3	Club Brugge KV	JL	15.08.26
❌	Club Brugge KV	0-1	Beerschot VA	CF	08.08.26

Aston Villa Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Hull	0-0	Aston Villa	PL	05.09.26
❌	Aston Villa	0-1	Arsenal	PL	31.08.26
❌	Brighton	4-0	Aston Villa	PL	23.08.26
❌	B. Monchengladbach	2-1	Aston Villa	CF	15.08.26
❌	PSG	2-1	Aston Villa	SC	12.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Aston Villa	3-0	Club Brugge KV	CL	12.03.25
Club Brugge KV	1-3	Aston Villa	CL	04.03.25
Club Brugge KV	1-0	Aston Villa	CL	06.11.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max
Ireland Republic	TNT Sports 1 / Virgin Media Two / HBO Max
USA	Paramount+ / fuboTV / CBS Sports Network
Germany	DAZN Germany / DAZN1 Germany
Spain	Movistar+
Italy	Sky Sport Uno / NOW TV
France	Canal+ Foot / myCANAL
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Australia	Stan Sport

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Lille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	PSG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Napoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	LASK Linz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Slavia Praha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Club Brugge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Slovan Bratislava	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Bayern München	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Internazionale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	PSV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Feyenoord	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Real Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Villarreal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Barcelona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Atlético Madrid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Real Betis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Porto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	AEK Athens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Viking	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Bodø / Glimt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Sporting CP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Galatasaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Fenerbahçe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Como	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Sabah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0