Aston Villa vs Club Brugge KV

Aston Villa have become the ninth different English side to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, the most teams from a single nation to reach this stage of the competition.

Aston Villa have won seven of their 10 matches in the UEFA Champions League this season (D1 L2); only Lazio and Valencia (both 8 in 1999-00) have won more games in their debut campaign in the competition.

Marco Asensio became the fourth substitute to score a brace for an English club in a UEFA Champions League knockout match, and the first since Georginio Wijnaldum for Liverpool against Barcelona in May 2019.

Aston Villa last hosted a Belgian side in any European competition back in April 1982 in the European Cup semi-final against Anderlecht, winning 1-0 with a goal from Tony Morley on their way to winning the trophy.

Club Brugge have never won away in England in major European competition in 14 attempts (D2 L12), losing their last five visits. Only Anderlecht (18) and Dynamo Kyiv (15) have played more in England without ever winning.

Aston Villa could become the ninth different English side to qualify for a UEFA Champions League quarter-final, which would be the most teams from a single nation to have done so (England currently level with Spain on eight).

Aston Villa have progressed from 12 of their previous 14 major European ties when they’ve won the first leg – the others were in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup vs Inter (2-0 first leg, 0-3 second leg) and 1998-99 UEFA Cup vs Celta Vigo (1-0 first leg, 3-1 second leg).

Club Brugge have lost the first leg at home in six previous major European ties and have been eliminated on each occasion. Overall, they’ve been knocked out in nine of their last 10 ties when losing the first leg, with the other in the Conference League last season in the last 16 against Molde (1-2 first leg, 3-0 second leg).