Aston Villa will travel to the Jan Breydel Stadium to face off against Club Brugge in the first leg of the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 season. Villa finished eighth in the points table in the group stage with 16 points in eight matches. Villa are coming to this game on the back of a win against Cardiff City in their previous game in the FA Cup. In this article, let us take a look at the predicted lineup of Villa against Club Brugge.
4-2-3-1 Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Against Club Brugge:
Defence:
Martinez will be the goalkeeper. Cash and Digne will be the two full-backs. Konsa and Bogarde will be the two centre-backs. Emiliano Martínez excels with a commanding presence, exceptional shot-stopping, quick reflexes, and strong distribution. His confidence, agility, and penalty-saving prowess make him a standout player.
Midfield:
Kamara and Tielemans will be the two central-defensive midfielders. McGinn and Rogers will be the right and left midfielders. Asensio will be the central attacking midfielder for the side.
Boubacar Kamara is a versatile, defensively solid midfielder known for his tackling, positioning, composure, passing range, and ability to dictate play. Youri Tielemans is a creative midfielder with excellent passing, vision, long-range shooting, composure, tactical intelligence, and the ability to control tempo.
John McGinn, brings energy, tenacity, dribbling, crossing, defensive work rate, creativity, and a powerful long-range shot. Morgan Rogers, as a left midfielder, excels in dribbling, creativity, pace, crossing, close control, attacking movement, versatility, and goal-scoring ability. Marco Asensio, as a central attacking midfielder, possesses vision, creativity, dribbling, passing, long-range shooting, composure, tactical intelligence, and playmaking ability.
Attack:
Watkins will be the only striker. Ollie Watkins, as a striker, excels in pace, movement, finishing, pressing, aerial ability, link-up play, work rate, and intelligent positioning.
Aston Villa possible starting lineup: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Bogarde, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Asensio, Rogers; Watkins
