Aston Villa vs Bayern München

Aston Villa became the second English side to win their first two UEFA Champions League games (since 1992-93), after Leicester City in 2016-17.

In their 1-0 victory, Aston Villa ended Bayern Munich’s 41 games unbeaten run in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League – the longest such run in the competition.

Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran has scored more goals (5) as a substitute in all competitions than any player in Europe's big five leagues this season, while since his debut for Aston Villa in February 2023, the only player in Europe's big five leagues with more such goals than the Colombian (10) is Lautaro Martínez (11). 

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.

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.

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.

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).

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).