Monaco vs Aston Villa

This will be the first meeting between Monaco and Aston Villa, while the French side have won four of their last five home games against English sides in the UEFA Champions League (L1) – all of which have been against different teams (Chelsea and Liverpool in 2004, Spurs in 2016 and Manchester City in 2017).

Aston Villa are winless in their four away matches against French sides in Europe (D2 L2), with the most recent of those coming last season, in a defeat away to Lille in the UEFA Conference League (1-2 in the quarter-final second leg in April).

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has won each of his last six games against Monaco across all competitions (all in charge of Paris SG), with the aggregate scoreline of those games being 23-4. His last game against them was a 7-1 victory in a Ligue 1 clash back in April 2018.

Monaco were unbeaten in their opening four games in the UEFA Champions League this season (W3 D1), but have since lost the last two against Benfica (2-3) and Arsenal (0-3). They’ve never previously conceded 3+ goals in three consecutive matches in the European Cup/Champions League.  

Only Atalanta (9), Liverpool (9) and Feyenoord (7) have won more points in UEFA Champions League away games so far this season than Aston Villa (6), who have scored exactly three goals in their two away victories in the competition (3-0 v Young Boys, 3-2 v RB Leipzig).