Aston Villa vs Club Brugge KV Prediction & Betting Tips (12 March)

A solid victory 1-3 in Belgium last week allows Aston Villa to take the lead in this double confrontation. The English club continues its serious C1 campaign after taking 8th place in the league phase, the last ensuring a direct qualification for the round of 16. Fitting well on the national scene is however more difficult for the villans, only 10th of the Premier League. During their last championship games, they dominated Chelsea 2-1 and took the water at Crystal Palace 4-1 before the first leg against Bruges. On Saturday, the club based in Birmingham moved to Brentford with the ambition to win positions in the Top 10. For the Bruges club, a reference return match is compulsory in England to raise the gap of 2 goals of the first leg.

The blue and black were defeated on their field by Aston Villa 1-3 after eliminating the Atalanta 2-1 and 1-3 victory roadblocks. Starting their final phase in dams was decided by their 24th final position in the league phase, from which they extracted in extremis. Before facing his rival of the Bruges circle on Sunday in the championship, the reigning Belgium champion is in very bad shape in this table. It remained on a defeat against the Liège 1-2 standard and a sharing of points with the Gantoise 1-1. The Bruges club is second in the ranking and distant by Genk in the title race. 

On the Aston Villa side, Unai Emery Hope to recover the important Onana environment, a forfeit. Less used at the post, the former Niçois Barkley is also uncertain. The group will again be drawn up without the recruits Malen and Garcia, which have not been registered for the final phase. The other arrivals on the last transfer window, Rashford and Asensio, will be good. Asensio, loaned by PSG, also stuck the nail on the go. The Spaniard has already scored 5 goals with villa. Rashford is still looking for his first goal in his new colors. Since the departure this winter of Duran, Rogers is the only top scorer in Aston Villa in this Champions League campaign.

 The Bruges club addresses a new meeting without its defenders Seys, holder on the right side, and Meijers, central injured by injuries. As in the outward journey, the two men are selected at the infirmary. The Brugeois workforce is based on several executives such as Ordoñez in central defense, Jashari in the midfield or Vanaken. Scorer at the outward journey, Tzolis (13 goals all competitions) scored his first C1 realization. He is involved on 4 goals in this campaign like Jutgla, author of 2 achievements and 2 offerings. The defense will have to resist English assaults and the attack will have to bring the danger of the goal of Emiliano Martinez in the hope of overthrowing this double confrontation. 

• Summary: Aston Villa is going head to head with Club Brugge KV starting on 12 Mar 2025 at 20:00 UTC at Villa Park stadium, Birmingham city, England. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League, Knockout Phase .
• Referee: Daniel Siebert
• Aston Villa Feedinco Rating: 6.98
• Club Brugge KV Feedinco Rating: 6.87