Aston Villa v Bayern Munich LIVE: Latest Champions League updates
Aston Villa host Bayern Munich at Villa Park on Wednesday evening in the second round of fixtures in the 2024/25 Champions League.
The match is another showdown thrown together by the competition’s new league phase format, and Villa come into it having retained much of their from from last season.
Unai Emery’s side are fifth in the Premier League on 13 points, just two behind leaders Liverpool, though they missed the chance to go top of the league last weekend as they drew 2-2 to Ipswich.
As 3-0 win away at BSC Young Boys was a solid start to the European campaign for Villa, but it was bettered by some distance by Bayern’s win in their opener, as the Bavarians beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2.
And the German champions will provide perhaps the toughest test of the season so far to Unai Emery’s budding Villa side.
Follow all the latest build-up, team news and score updates below, as well as the reaction to the evening’s other Champions League matches:
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
There’ll be four minutes of added time as Bayern continue to press for an equaliser. Carlos is penalised for handball near the edge of the box…
Kane steps up to take what could be the final chance of the match – and it’s deflected wide after a great sliding challenge!
Duran is yellow carded for infringing the build-up.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Bayern are still throwing everything at it, and this is a brilliant bit of play.
Musiala collects on the left of the box and plays a lovely diagonal that splits the Villa defence and finds Gnabry clean through. However, the German can’t poke it past the onrushing Martinez!
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
The corner is cleared, but Bayern come again.
Tel cuts in from the left and hits a shot from distance that runs straight to Martinez.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Musiala continues to be the bright spark for Bayern but he is quite isolated out there, as is Kane.
The latter tries to feed it to Gnabry but it’s cut out, before Bayern win a corner.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
It’s become even more scrappy in midfield now as Villa fight to retain their lead.
Kim and Laimer are replaced by Tel and Goretzka.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Another Villa long ball looks to find the runner but this time it’s headed back to Neuer. Weren’t a mile off your line there, were you Manuel?
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Duran has done it again and he’s put Villa on the brink of what would be one of their most famous wins.
Bayern have some real impetus now but can they find a way through after struggling somewhat over the last 80 minutes?
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
GOAL! Oh my word!
Martinez plays the ball out and there’s acres for Torres to pick out a pass to Duran, who’s made the diagonal run.
He gets to the ball first and spots Neuer 18 yards off his line, and has the composure to clip it over the German for 1-0!