When Aston Villa travel to Switzerland to take on Young Boys on Tuesday, they will be making their Champions League debut. They last played in the European Cup in the 1982/83 season, but since the competition was rebranded in1992, they have never featured in the Champions League – until now.
Young Boys come into this game off the back of a very difficult start to the season. They are currently sitting bottom of the Swiss Super League, after losing their opening three league games of the season, and then drawing the subsequent three, leaving them winless on just three points from the first six games. They qualified for the Champions League through the play-offs, where they secured a 4-2 aggregate win against Galatasaray, and after scraping through in the Swiss Cup over the weekend against Vevey-Sports, they are currently on a six-game unbeaten streak.
Aston Villa, on the other hand, have had a very strong start to the season. With three league wins from four, all thanks to winning goals from Colombian striker Jhon Duran, Villa sit in fifth place in the Premier League. In their most recent game, at home to Everton, Unai Emery’s side found themselves two goals behind after 27 minutes, before an Ollie Watkins brace and a Duran wonder goal salvaged victory. As Villa make their Champions League debut, they will be desperate to secure the three points when they travel to Young Boys.
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