Barcelona vs Aston Villa: Champions League – Predictions, news, lineups

Barcelona host Aston Villa at Spotify Camp Nou on Tuesday, November 2, at 20:00 GMT in matchday four of the Champions League league phase. Villa have won all three of their European matches and scored 12 goals, while Barcelona sit eighth in the European standings after a 4-2 defeat by PSG, despite leading La Liga with 10 wins from 11 games. Appointed in October 2022 after Steven Gerrard left, Unai Emery guided Villa to seventh place in the Premier League and European qualification in his first season. Villa reached the Champions League quarterfinals in 2024-25, where they narrowly lost to eventual winners PSG.