Club Brugge and Aston Villa will play on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 4th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in Brugge at the Jan Breydelstadion. The appointed referee is Tobias Stieler.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Club Brugge
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (3 times).
Nicky Hayen is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Simon Mignolet, M. De Cuyper, Joel Ordóñez, Brandon Mechele, Kyriani Sabbe, Ardon Jashari, H. Vetlesen, A. Skov Olsen, Hans Vanaken, C. Tzolis and Ferran Jutglà.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Club Brugge would be 25.45.
Nicky Hayen will probably not be able to employ Joaquin Seys because of injury.
Gustaf Nilsson will definitely miss the match.
Nicky Hayen will not be able to have the presence of Raphael Onyedika who is suspended.
Aston Villa
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Club Brugge with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, I. Maatsen, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Y. Tielemans, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Leon Bailey and O. Watkins.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Aston Villa would be 27.50.
There are doubts about the presence of Morgan Rogers.
Matty Cash and Ross Barkley will definitely miss the match.
