League phase, matchday 1

2 - 3

Full time

Tuesday 8 September 2026 · 17:45 · HT 1-3 · Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges · Referee Sandro Schärer

Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Club Brugge KV's last 2 home games and Aston Villa's last 2 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 0 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 4, with 8.5 corners per match (league 10.1) and 2.8 cards (league 3.6).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

Seasons

Tap an earlier season to add it, or leave 2026/27 out to see an earlier one on its own.

League games only

· 2026/27

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa, full match

64%

Possession

36%

1.53

Expected goals (xG)

3.22

14

Shots

21

7

Shots on target

9

4

Corners

5

17

Fouls

14

3

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

9'

Yellow card

Ian Maatsen AST

11'

Goal

John McGinn AST

19'

Goal

Hugo Vetlesen CLU

22'

Goal

Emiliano Buendía AST

43'

Goal

Nicolas Jackson AST

48'

Yellow card

Hans Vanaken CLU

61'

Penalty

Nicolò Tresoldi CLU

62'

Yellow card

Jan Virgili CLU

78'

Yellow card

John McGinn AST

88'

Yellow card

Romeo Vermant CLU

89'

Yellow card

João Gomes AST

At a glance

Club Brugge KV

W

L

W

Aston Villa

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Club Brugge KV's home games and Aston Villa's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Club Brugge KV's last 2 home games and Aston Villa's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

0%

0/4 games · League 45%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 81%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 65%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

1/4 games · League 38%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

1/4 games · League 54%

Over 3.5 cards

25%

1/4 games · League 49%

Club Brugge KV clean sheet

100%

2/2 games · League 29%

Aston Villa clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 29%

Club Brugge KV fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 29%

Aston Villa fail to score

100%

2/2 games · League 29%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 3.2

Corners

8.5

League 10.1

Cards

2.8

League 3.6

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Club Brugge KV

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Yann Sommer

DEFENDERS

3

44

64

65

MIDFIELDERS

8

Freddie Potts

10

Hugo Vetlesen

20

Hans Vanaken

FORWARDS

7

Nicolò Tresoldi

9

Carlos Forbs

11

Jan Virgili

SUBSTITUTES

29

Nordin Jackers

81

Argus Vanden Driessche

41

54

58

16

62

80

17

27

67

77

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Zion Suzuki

DEFENDERS

3

14

22

29

MIDFIELDERS

8

Boubacar Kamara

10

Emiliano Buendía

35

João Gomes

FORWARDS

7

John McGinn

11

Nicolas Jackson

53

George Hemmings

SUBSTITUTES

40

42

5

13

6

26

17

18

19

47

Referee: Sandro Schärer

3 games in the Belgian Pro League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.3

League 3.6

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.0

League 22.4

Penalties per game

1.0

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Sandro Schärer's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CLU

AST

Match

League

Goals per match

2.2

1.7

2.0

3.1

Over 0.5

100%

5/5

67%

2/3

88%

7/8

96%

Over 1.5

60%

3/5

33%

1/3

50%

4/8

78%

Over 2.5

60%

3/5

33%

1/3

50%

4/8

67%

Over 3.5

0%

0/5

33%

1/3

13%

1/8

38%

Over 4.5

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

16%

Bet

CLU

AST

Match

League

Yes

20%

1/5

0%

0/3

13%

1/8

42%

Yes and win

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

13%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

20%

1/5

0%

0/3

13%

1/8

40%

Yes and draw

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

16%

Yes and loss

20%

1/5

0%

0/3

13%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/5

0%

0/3

0%

0/8

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Bet

CLU

AST

Match

League

Corners per match

11.4

6.7

9.6

10.2

Over 7.5

60%

3/5

0%

0/3

38%

3/8

73%

Over 8.5

60%

3/5

0%

0/3

38%

3/8

64%

Over 9.5

60%

3/5

0%

0/3

38%

3/8

49%

Over 10.5

60%

3/5

0%

0/3

38%

3/8

49%

Over 11.5

40%

2/5

0%

0/3

25%

2/8

33%

Over 12.5

40%

2/5

0%

0/3

25%

2/8

22%

Referee Sandro Schärer: 3.3 cards and 22.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

CLU

AST

Match

League

Cards per match

3.0

4.0

3.4

3.0

Over 2.5

40%

2/5

67%

2/3

50%

4/8

60%

Over 3.5

20%

1/5

67%

2/3

38%

3/8

38%

Over 4.5

20%

1/5

33%

1/3

25%

2/8

20%

Over 5.5

20%

1/5

33%

1/3

25%

2/8

9%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Nicolò Tresoldi

5 starts · 0.6 per 90

25%

1/4

60%

3/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

Carlos Forbs

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Brandon Mechele

5 starts · 0.2 per 90

0%

0/4

20%

1/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.