Marco Asensio Starts | 4-2-3-1 Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Against Club Brugge | OneFootball

Aston Villa will travel to the Jan Breydel Stadium to face off against Club Brugge in the first leg of the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 season. Villa finished eighth in the points table in the group stage with 16 points in eight matches. Villa are coming to this game on the back of a win against Cardiff City in their previous game in the FA Cup. In this article, let us take a look at the predicted lineup of Villa against Club Brugge.

Defence:

Martinez will be the goalkeeper. Cash and Digne will be the two full-backs. Konsa and Bogarde will be the two centre-backs. Emiliano Martínez excels with a commanding presence, exceptional shot-stopping, quick reflexes, and strong distribution. His confidence, agility, and penalty-saving prowess make him a standout player.

Matthew Stuart Cash displays tenacity, pace, and versatility. His strong defending, precise crossing, tireless work rate, and attacking flair make him a reliable player. Lucas Digne offers pinpoint crossing, solid defending, pace, and stamina, blending attacking flair with defensive reliability. Ezri Konsa, displays composure, strong tackling, aerial prowess, and versatility, excelling in defense with calm reliability. Lamare Bogarde possesses composure, precise passing, physicality, and adaptability across defense.

Midfield:

Kamara and Tielemans will be the two central-defensive midfielders. McGinn and Rogers will be the right and left midfielders. Asensio will be the central attacking midfielder for the side.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 28: Marco Asensio of Aston Villa celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammates during the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Aston Villa and Cardiff City at Villa Park on February 28, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Boubacar Kamara is a versatile, defensively solid midfielder known for his tackling, positioning, composure, passing range, and ability to dictate play. Youri Tielemans is a creative midfielder with excellent passing, vision, long-range shooting, composure, tactical intelligence, and the ability to control tempo.

John McGinn, brings energy, tenacity, dribbling, crossing, defensive work rate, creativity, and a powerful long-range shot. Morgan Rogers, as a left midfielder, excels in dribbling, creativity, pace, crossing, close control, attacking movement, versatility, and goal-scoring ability. Marco Asensio, as a central attacking midfielder, possesses vision, creativity, dribbling, passing, long-range shooting, composure, tactical intelligence, and playmaking ability.

Watkins will be the only striker. Ollie Watkins, as a striker, excels in pace, movement, finishing, pressing, aerial ability, link-up play, work rate, and intelligent positioning.