Membership Brugge vs Aston Villa LIVE: Champions League line-ups as Rashford begins however Asensio drops out

Membership Brugge XI: Mignolet; Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onyedika, Jashari; Talbi, Vanaken, Tzolis; Jutgla

Subs: Jackers, Romero, Vetlesen, Vermant, Nilsson, Skoras, Nielsen, Siquet, Spileers, Campbell

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Disasi, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Rashford; Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Zych, Money, Torres, Asensio, Maatsen, Bogarde, Ramsey, Kamara

“In fact, we’re within the competitions, we’re contenders to win each competitors we’re in,” John McGinn mentioned. “In sure competitions we’re extra fancied than others.

“However after all, being within the competitors, we’re contenders, and going in the direction of the top of the season, it’s sensible that we’ve received a lot to stay up for.

“We’ve received a chance to make some historical past, however (there’s) a protracted, lengthy technique to go in every competitors.”

Aston Villa captain, John McGinn, spoke about how his staff will deal with these two knockout legs.

He mentioned: “We have to begin with a clear sheet and try to nick a purpose via a counterattack, one thing we had been very sturdy doing final season.

“We had been excellent on the break, very robust to interrupt down, and we all know we have to get again to that.”

Aston Villa captain John McGinn says the perfect might be but to come back from his facet this season as they appear to create “historical past”.

Villa are difficult on three fronts as they’re within the final 16 of the Champions League, the FA Cup quarter-finals and nonetheless within the race for a top-four end within the Premier League.

Their consideration turns to Europe this week the place they play at Membership Brugge within the first leg of the spherical of 16, hoping for revenge after November’s 1-0 defeat in Belgium within the league part.

Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans is one in all solely three midfielders to have made 50+ line-breaking passes whereas beneath high-intensity strain within the Champions League this season (53), together with Angelo Stiller (58) and Joshua Kimmich (54).

Membership Brugge have an extended Champions League historical past than Aston Villa.

The Belgian champions had participated in 10 group levels earlier than this season’s league part, with their first look relationship again to this competitors’s inaugural 1992/93 marketing campaign.

Villa, nevertheless, have received this competitors earlier than, again when it was the European Cup once they beat Bayern Munich within the 1982 last.

Membership Brugge captain, Hans Vanaken, says the very fact his facet have already crushed Aston Villa this season provides them confidence that they’ll repeat the feat tonight.

Vanaken mentioned: “Beating them within the league part gave us confidence.

“It was a deserved three factors and that encourages us forward of the subsequent two video games. It’s as much as us to make sure we go to them with a superb beginning place.

“The one distinction in comparison with the earlier sport in opposition to Aston Villa is that there are a selection of recent gamers, however their system and elegance of play have remained the identical.”

There are plenty of elite footballers who nonetheless have the Champions League theme as their ringtone, and a few can be actively enjoying it on the way in which to stadiums. Familiarity hasn’t dulled pleasure. It’s honest to say that isn’t actually from the relative laboriousness of the group stage, however relatively the beautiful power of the knockouts.

This week is the place soccer historical past begins to be made, partly due to how visions of glory will be immediately consigned to the previous. It’s pressure and tantalising alternative unexpectedly. By means of that, there’s a particular thought, one much more placing than the sense many gamers will really feel this week of stepping out into nice stadiums. chunk of this season’s stars had been youngsters when watching Barcelona’s comeback in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, the type of sport that made them first realise the distinctive magic of those nights.

Unai Emery has confirmed that Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings and Matty Money have all travelled to Belgium for Tuesday’s first leg.

Spain centre-back Torres has been out since breaking a metatarsal on the finish of December, whereas fellow defenders Mings and Money have missed the final two video games.

The provision of all three provides Emery extra choices all through the sport.

Aston Villa will meet Membership Brugge for simply the second time in European competitors.

The primary assembly between the 2 sides got here within the Champions League this season, a 1-0 league part win for Membership Brugge on the Jan Breydel Stadium.