Favorite pitch, unprecedented, mistakes… The stats to know before Aston Villa

Favorite pitch, unprecedented, mistakes… The stats to know before Aston Villa
Favorite pitch, unprecedented, mistakes… The stats to know before Aston Villa

A few hours before the seventh day of the Champions League against the Villans (6:45 p.m., at the Stade Louis-II), discover the main statistics to remember thanks to the help of Opta.

Regain the confidence to qualify. Defeated at Arsenal on the last day of the Champions League (3-0), the Monegasques have to cœur to recover during the reception of Aston Villa to validate their place for the play-offs. A few hours before this meeting, which will kick off at 6:45 p.m. at the Stade Louis-II, discover the stats you need to know with Opta. ????

This will be the first meeting between AS Monaco and Aston Villa. The Red and Whites have won four of their last five home games against English teams in the Champions League (one defeat), all against different teams (Chelsea and Liverpool in 2004, Tottenham in 2016 and Manchester City in 2017).

Aston Villa have not won any of their four away games against French teams in European competition (two draws, two defeats), the most recent of which came last season at (1-2 in the quarter-final second leg). Conference League).

The Rock club have lost their last two Champions League matches (2-3 against Benfica, 3-0 against Arsenal) after not losing in any of the first four this season (three wins, one draw). Adi Hütter’s men have never conceded at least three goals in three consecutive matches in C1.

Only Atalanta (9), Liverpool (9) and Feyenoord (7) have taken more away points in the Champions League this season than Aston Villa (6), who have scored exactly three goals in their two away victories (3-0 v Young Boys, 3-2 v RB Leipzig).

9 of AS Monaco’s 12 goals in the Champions League this season have been scored at home, with the Monegasques having last scored more goals at Stade Louis-II in the same C1 group stage in 2003- 2004 (13 in three matches).

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Excluding own goals, the Principality club has the most different scorers in the Champions League this season (10). The last team with at least 11 different scorers in a C1 group stage was Napoli in 2022-2023 (11) and the last with at least 12 was Borussia Dortmund in 2016-2017 (14).

AS Monaco have suffered twice as many shots on target in their last two Champions League matches (16: 8 against Benfica, 8 against Arsenal), as in the first four this season (8 – 1 against Barcelona , 3 against Dinamo Zagreb, 2 against Red Star and 2 against Bologna).

Lamine Camara has received 15 fouls this season in the Champions League, three of which led to an opponent’s card. Only Trincão (4 with Sporting) and Arne Engels (4 with Celtic) have a higher total of their kind this season in C1.

Jhon Durán has scored three goals in just six Champions League appearances, although he has only started one of those matches (against Bologna), posting a goal every 68 minutes in the competition.

Aston Villa coach Unai Emery has won each of his last six matches against the Rouge et Blanc in all competitions (all at the helm of SG), with a record of 23 goals scored and 4 conceded. Their last duel against AS Monaco dates back to a 7-1 victory in Ligue 1 in April 2018.

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