Aston Villa travel to Belgium on Tuesday evening, as they return to UEFA Champions League action against Club Brugge.
Tuesday's match will mark the four time that the two sides have faced off in their history, with all of the previous three matches taking place in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League season.
In what is the Villans' fourth season overall amongst Europe's elite, they will be looking to go further than their last two attempts, which have seen them reach the quarter finals stage on both occasions.
The current UEFA Europa League champions will be looking to start strong in this competition, having struggled in the Premier League to this point, with the harder matches on paper scheduled to come later in the league phase.
With both sides having suffered a summer of relative overhaul, Tuesday's match is set to be a fiercely contested affair.
The Villans were always going to be without Brian Madjo, Modou Keba Cisse, and new signing Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who were all left out of their UEFA Champions League squad, but the injury to Leon Goretzka, has left them slightly short.
Unai Emery is boosted by Joao Gomes, who - despite his three match Premier League suspension - is available for European action and the Brazilian starts in midfield next to Boubacar Kamara.
Johan Manzambi is also still unavailable, meaning that Emiliano Buendia continues in the attacking midfield position, with captain John McGinn and young sensation George Hemmings either side of Nicolas Jackson, who leads the line for the third consecutive match.
Zion Suzuki, who's ball playing has impressed so far since making the move to Villa this summer, retains the starting goalkeeper role, behind a back four that features new right back Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Ibrahim Mbaye, who joined Aston Villa on deadline day for around £47.2m, is forced to settle for a place on the bench, alongside fellow summer signings Alejandro Garnacho and Matteo Ruggeri.
Confirmed Aston Villa XI to face Club Brugge
Zion Suzuki
Ian Maatsen
Pau Torres
Victor Lindelof
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Boubacar Kamara
Joao Gomes
John McGinn
Emiliano Buendia
George Hemmings
Nicolas Jackson
Bench: Bizot, Wright, Mings, Barkley, Ruggeri, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Alysson.
