Barcelona vs Aston Villa: Prediction, Tips and Odds | Champions League

Aston Villa will travel to the Camp Nou on Tuesday for a Champions League showdown with Catalan giants Barcelona, who sit eighth in the table and will be hoping to bounce back after defeat on matchday three.

The Lions arrive looking for a fourth win from four in the league phase under Unai Emery, whose Paris Saint-Germain side famously lost 6-1 at this ground in 2017.

Preview and form guide for Barcelona vs Aston Villa

Barcelona won their first 11 games of the season before successive defeats by Paris Saint-Germain (4-2) in the Champions League and Real Madrid (2-1) in La Liga, and Hansi Flick will be demanding a response on the continental stage, with a top-eight finish in the league phase the immediate target.

They answered the Clasico loss with a 6-1 win over Alaves in the Spanish top flight on October 31, with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal scoring twice each.

That triumph would be the standout in most teams' campaigns, but the strength of Barcelona's attack has seen them score 40 goals across their last 10 games in all competitions, netting at least four goals in six of those matches.

However, Tuesday's hosts conceded 16 times over the course of that stretch, a rate of 1.6 goals per game, and it would be a surprise to see them keep a clean sheet against Villa.

After bagging his 13th Champions League goal on matchday three, 19-year-old Yamal has drawn level with Kylian Mbappe's record tally prior to the age of 20, and one more on Tuesday would make him the outright top-scoring teenager in the competition's history.

Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 15 home games against English opposition, a run that stretches back to a 2-1 defeat by Liverpool in the 2006-07 round of 16.

Villa beat Club Brugge 3-2, Fenerbahce 6-0 and Viking 3-1 to start the league phase, and their 12 goals are second only to the 14 scored by Paris Saint-Germain so far.

Emery guided the club to last season's Europa League title and carried that momentum through to this term, but domestic results have been inconsistent, with an impressive 2-1 win over Manchester City followed by a 3-0 Carabao Cup loss away to Bournemouth and a 1-1 home draw with Fulham.

Nicolas Jackson scored both goals in the win over City before finding the net again against Fulham, and the former Chelsea star is sure to be a threat on Tuesday.

Likewise, Johan Manzambi, who headed the decider in the 1-0 win away to Newcastle United on October 17 is another Lions man capable of punishing a leaky Barcelona back line.

However, Villa have kept just one clean sheet in their last five games, while conceding six goals across the other four, a pattern that Flick's attack is well-equipped to test.

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Barcelona vs Aston Villa team news and predicted lineups

Barcelona

Flick said Barcelona have four players out in defence and admitted that is not easy to manage, with Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen, Eric Garcia and Xavi Espart all unavailable alongside attacking midfielder Dani Olmo.

Christensen, Garcia and Kounde are not expected to return to action before the international break, while Espart is set to be sidelined until early 2027 due to an ankle injury.

That being said, Frenkie de Jong started at centre-back and Brian Farinas at right-back against Alaves, so the head coach has options beyond Gerard Martin and Alejandro Balde.

Barcelona predicted lineup vs Aston Villa

Joan Garcia; Cancelo, Martin, Cubarsi, Balde; Pedri, Rodri; Yamal, Lopez, Gordon; Raphinha.

Aston Villa

Amadou Onana, Matteo Ruggeri and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are the only absentees Emery has to plan around, with no fresh injury concerns reported.

With Wan-Bissaka and Ruggeri both missing, Matty Cash and Ian Maatsen are expected to continue at full-back.

Onana has been sidelined since rupturing a cruciate ligament at the World Cup, which leaves Boubacar Kamara and Joao Gomes as the likeliest holding pair. Leon Goretzka made his first Premier League start against Fulham, but is expected to make way.

Alysson is picked on the right of the attacking three, with Ibrahim Mbaye, who joined from Paris Saint-Germain on deadline day, on the left.

Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Barcelona

Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen; Gomes, Kamara; Alysson, McGinn, Mbaye; Jackson.

Head-to-head record between Barcelona and Aston Villa

Barcelona and Villa have met only four times, all in European competition between 1978 and 1983, meaning that Tuesday's showdown will mark their first clash in more than 43 years.

Barcelona edged a 1978 UEFA Cup quarter-final 4-3 on aggregate, before Villa took the 1982 Super Cup 3-1 over two legs, with the decisive second leg going to extra time at Villa Park.

Goretzka won his first four Champions League games against Barcelona while at Bayern Munich, including the 8-2 win in 2020, before that run ended in the 2024-25 league phase.

Pau Torres lost seven of his eight games against Barcelona during his time at Villarreal, and Villa have won only one of their eight European away games in Spain, 1-0 at Celta Vigo in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.

Barcelona vs Aston Villa prediction and betting tips

Odds correct as of Monday 2 November 2026, 5pm GMT.