Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa LIVE - Champions League result as Marco Asensio seals an impressive victory for the visitors

The teams make their way out onto the field, and observe the iconic Champions League anthem.

We are almost ready to go in Belgium.

Villa skipper John McGinn looks ahead to tonight's first leg.

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Villa are the fourth different team Emery has led into the Champions League knockout stage.

The Spaniard also oversaw the fortunes of Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain and Villarreal.

Onyedika, who was a doubt for this game, is fit to start for the hosts, but Bjorn Meier and Joaquin Seys miss out through injury.

Talbi is Brugges' player in form in this competition, having been directly involved in three goals in his last two appearances (scoring twice).

As for Villa, Rashford makes his first Champions League appearance for Villa, while Asensio could also make his European bow for the club from the bench.

Mings starts in the heart of defence, but Cash and Pau Torres have to settle for places among the substitutes.

Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia are ineligible, while Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley miss out through injury.

Both beaten semi-finalists in last year's Europa Conference League, the two teams have stepped up at the higher level this term.

Villa beat the likes of Bayern Munich and Celtic on the way to sealing a top-eight place and, with it, automatic qualification to the last 16.

Meanwhile, Brugge squeezed through the league phase via goal difference, but they justified their place in the knockout phase with an impressive 5-2 aggregate victory over reigning Europa League winners Atalanta in the previous round.

Let's take a look at how the two teams line up...

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Any matches that fall within the Saturday blackout window in the UK cannot be shown live. The blackout window prohibits matches being shown on television between 14:45 and 17:15 in the UK.

The last 16 of the 2024-25 Champions League officially commences in Belgium a little later.

Two familiar foes go head to head in the first of the ties, with the teams having also faced off during the league phase.

Brugge prevailed 1-0 that time around, with Hans Vanaken's second-half penalty separating the sides.

Hello everyone and welcome to LIVE text updates from the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie between Club Brugge and Aston Villa at Jan Breydelstadion.

Kick-off is at 17.45 GMT.