Aston Villa make their UEFA Champions League debut in Switzerland – can they start with a win? Try the perfect info and reside Opta knowledge with our Younger Boys vs Aston Villa stats web page.
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Our Opta match centre delivers you all of the Younger Boys vs Aston Villa stats from their UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 assembly on the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland.
The match centre beneath consists of workforce and participant stats, anticipated objectives knowledge, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and extra. It offers you the whole lot that you must do your personal in-game and post-match evaluation.
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Younger Boys vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Info
This would be the first ever aggressive assembly between Younger Boys and Aston Villa.
Swiss sides have solely gained seven of the earlier 24 conferences with Premier League golf equipment within the UEFA Champions League (D6 L11), whereas six of these seven victories have been achieved by Basel (one by Younger Boys).
Younger Boys have solely gained considered one of their earlier six video games towards English opponents within the UEFA Champions League (D1 L4), shedding house and away to Manchester Metropolis within the competitors final season. Their solely victory over an English aspect got here in September 2021, profitable 2-1 at house to Manchester United.
Aston Villa will develop into the eleventh totally different English membership to compete within the UEFA Champions League, and the primary English newcomer since Leicester Metropolis in 2016-17 (gained 3-0 of their first sport versus Membership Brugge).
This will likely be Aston Villa’s first sport within the European Cup/UEFA Champions League since March 1983, once they have been crushed over two legs by Juventus within the 1982-83 quarter-final (1-2 at house within the first leg, 1-3 within the second leg away).
Younger Boys gained their earlier house sport within the UEFA Champions League, beating Crvena zvezda 2-0 on MD 5 final season. Solely as soon as earlier than have they gained consecutive house matches within the competitors – 2-1 vs Juventus and Manchester United between 2018 and 2021.
Aston Villa would be the sixth totally different workforce Unai Emery has managed within the UEFA Champions League, after spells with Valencia, Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Paris SG and Villarreal. The one supervisor who’s taken cost of greater than six totally different sides within the competitors is Carlo Ancelotti (8).
Unai Emery’s final sport within the UEFA Champions League was again in Might 2022, together with his Villarreal aspect being eradicated 2-5 on mixture towards Liverpool within the semi-finals (0-2 away, 2-3 at house). That last 4 look was the present Aston Villa boss’ greatest ever end in a single season within the competitors.
Meschack Elia scored in two of Younger Boys’ three house video games within the UEFA Champions League final season (v RB Leipzig and Manchester Metropolis), netting half of their objectives on the Wankdorf Stadium within the competitors in 2023-24 (2/4).
Ollie Watkins scored 5 objectives within the 2023-24 UEFA Europa Convention League; the joint-most by an Aston Villa participant in a serious European marketing campaign (degree with Gary Shaw in 1982-83 European Cup and John Deehan in 1977-78 UEFA Cup).
Younger Boys’ Cheikh Niasse averaged extra interceptions per 90 (2.9) than another participant within the UEFA Champions League final season (min. 300 minutes performed).
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