Aston Villa

Official BSC Young Boys vs Aston Villa starting lineups 2024 | Playing XI YB 0-3 AVFC UCL Group Stage

Here are the official starting lineups and substitutes used for YB vs Aston Villa in the latter’s first ever Champions League match of the modern UCL era. Unai Emery’s side qualified for the Champions League after a fine domestic campaign in 2023/24.

BSC YB 0-3 Aston Villa (Tielemans, Ramsey, Onana)

Aston Villa starting XI vs BSC Young Boys September 17, 2024

Emi Martinez, Bogarde (Diego Carlos 46′), Pau Torres, Konsa, Digne (Barkley 88′), Ramsey, Onana, Tielemans (Maatsen 87′), McGinn, Watkins (Duran 60′), Rogers (Buendia 88′)

AVFC first UCL lineup 2024

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Two BIG Watkins misses, Morgan Rogers vs Partey & Rice, Calafiori league debut- Talking Points & Analysis from AVFC v Arsenal

Morgan Rogers vs Partey Rice 2024

Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start to the new Premier League season with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday evening. The result was a crucial one for the Gunners, given that AVFC had beaten AFC both home and away in the PL in 2023-24.

Here are our talking points from the game

Two BIG Ollie Watkins misses for Aston Villa

This could’ve been a completely different game for Villa had Ollie Watkins converted two glorious chances for them before Arsenal scored. For the first one, he shot wide after some excellent Villa pressing had forced Gabriel Magalhaes into a mistake. For the second, Watkins’ header was brilliantly saved by David Raya from point blank range.

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xG (Expected goals) stats from Aston Villa vs Arsenal 2024- Two BIG missed chances for Watkins!

Watkins chance vs Arsenal 2024

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Aston Villa vs Arsenal on August 24, 2024. The Gunners won this game 2-0, but it could’ve been a very different story had AVFC striker Ollie Watkins converted two very good chances for the home side before Arsenal’s goals.

xG Aston Villa 1.27-0.78 Arsenal shots map (Actual score AVL 0-2 ARS)

0-1 Trossard goal vs Aston Villa xG 0.10
0-2 Thomas Partey goal vs Villa xG 0.06

xG Aston Villa vs Arsenal 2024

Watkins 25th minute chance vs Arsenal xG 0.33 (shot wide after great Villa pressing)
Watkins 54th minute chance vs Arsenal xG 0.45 (great save from Raya after Onana’s shot hit woodwork)

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