Aston Villa vs Bayern | UEFA Champions League | Pre Match
Aston Villa vs Bayern
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
This will be the second ever meeting between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, with Villa winning the 1982 European Cup final 1-0 against the German side to win their only ever major European title.
2
Bayern Munich have only lost one of their last 10 UEFA Champions League meetings with English sides (W7 D2), a 0-3 defeat to Manchester City in the 2022-23 quarter-final first leg.
3
Aston Villa won their first UEFA Champions League game on MD1 (3-0 v Young Boys), while the only other English side to win their first two matches in the competition (since 1992-93) is Leicester City – 3-0 v Club Brugge and 1-0 v FC Porto in 2016-17.
4
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has already beaten Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on two previous occasions, winning 3-0 in September 2017 in charge of Paris SG and 1-0 in April 2022 with Villarreal. The only manager to beat Bayern Munich in the competition with as many as three different teams is José Mourinho (Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid).
5
Bayern Munich won 9-2 versus Dinamo Zagreb in their opening game of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, but are winless in their last three away matches in the competition (D1 L2). They last had a longer winless run on the road between February and September 2016 (D2 L2), spanning the spells of Pep Guardiola (3) and Carlo Ancelotti (1).
