Champions League · Sep 8, 2026
Aston Villa Beat Club Brugge 3–2 After Four First-Half Goals
By Row Seventeen ·
Aston Villa beat Club Brugge 3–2 (Champions League) on September 8, 2026.
Villa regained the lead three minutes after Club Brugge equalized, added a third before halftime and held on after a second-half penalty.
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Key moments
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Gomes created a close-range goal for Buendia in the 22nd minute, putting Villa back ahead.
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Tresoldi converted the resulting penalty in the 61st minute, leaving Brugge one goal behind with nearly half an hour of regulation time remaining.
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Brugge came close to another goal in the 69th minute, when Suzuki pushed Tresoldi’s header onto the post.
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McGinn Opens the Scoring
Aston Villa took the lead in the 11th minute when Torres advanced from defense and supplied McGinn for a first-time finish. Club Brugge answered in the 19th minute through Vetlesen, bringing the match level before the first half was halfway over.
Buendia Restores Villa’s Lead
The tie lasted three minutes. Gomes created a close-range goal for Buendia in the 22nd minute, putting Villa back ahead. Villa then extended the lead in the 43rd minute: Jackson reached a long pass from Torres ahead of Sommer and scored into an empty net. Those goals sent Villa into halftime ahead 3–1 after a first half in which both teams had scored.
Tresoldi Cuts the Deficit
Club Brugge got a chance to narrow the gap in the second half after a pitchside monitor review of Wan-Bissaka’s handball. Tresoldi converted the resulting penalty in the 61st minute, leaving Brugge one goal behind with nearly half an hour of regulation time remaining.
Late Chances, Villa Victory
Brugge came close to another goal in the 69th minute, when Suzuki pushed Tresoldi’s header onto the post. At the other end, Bogarde had an attempt cleared off the line in the 82nd minute. Neither chance changed the score. Villa finished with a 3–2 win, having regained the lead shortly after Brugge’s first equalizer and kept it through the second-half penalty and the later chances.
Based on the match coverage and records linked below. Core match facts were checked against the linked source pages. This is an original, AI-assisted recap.
- Official match coverage — datencenter.dfb.de
- Official match coverage — www.skysports.com
- Download the supporting facts and attribution
Published 2026-10-15. Game date shown above.
Correction & update: Expanded and rechecked against official match coverage on October 16, 2026. Disputed incidental details were omitted.
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