Aston Villa v Bayern Munich LIVE: Latest score and goal updates as both sides look to break deadlock
Aston Villa host the German giants in the second round of the Champions League league phase on Wednesday evening
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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 0-0 Bayern Munich
Richard Jolly at Villa Park:
Emi Martinez has been warned by the referee for what he saw as timewasting (Martinez predictably disagreed). Yet it does raise the question if they would settle for this scoreline. Probably, especially with three points in the bag after their trip to Bern. There may be more onus on Bayern to find a winner, as a club who surely expect a top-eight finish.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
59 mins
Villa opt to make some subs.
Ross Barkley replaces Onana, while Ian Maatsen comes on for Leon Bailey, who looks understandably irritated considering he only came on in the 25th minute or so.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
56 mins
What a goal that would have been.
This tricky Bayern left side combines again and the cutback comes to Olise on the volley. He connects well but the Villa defender is there to clear. That looked goal-bound too!
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
55 mins
The VAR check denies the penalty and we carry on with a Kimmich corner that hits the side-netting of the near post. Poor.
Both teams try and trade blows on the counter but nothing comes of either attack, and it’s back to sustained Bayern possession midway into the Villa half (as the first half often was).
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
53 mins
Bayern want a penalty as Pavlovic’s cross hits the arm of Konsa as he slid in to block. Not conclusive yet.
Tell you what – there have been plenty of opinions on this new group stage throwing up games in which there’s no pressure, or teams don’t care as much, but this isn’t one of them.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
51 mins
Bayern have certainly been on top but Villa have had plenty of encouraging touches and have shown what they’re capable of in midfield. Mind you, Kompany knows that first-hand too.
Just as I type that, Bayern spread it wide to Davies, who feeds in the overlapping Musiala, and his cutback is cut out at the last.
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
48 mins
Great work from Philogene down the left as he skips past one challenge before rifling in a cross that is put behind.
The corner is a good one too, and Konsa is crashing into the box to head it, but it’s blocked at the last by a Bayern shirt.
That looked goalbound...
Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
46 mins
The half began with a substitution for Bayern – Kingsley Coman was replaced by Jamal Musiala. No respite for Villa then!
KICK-OFF! Aston Villa 0-0 Bayern Munich
We’re back underway in Birmingham.
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