Aston Villa v Bayern Munich LIVE: Champions League team news, line-ups and more tonight

The home supporters will try and will undoubtedly be vocal in their encouragement of the side, but they will not have enough to get anything out of the game against Bayern who are experienced in the Champions League. 

Aston Villa 1-3 Bayern Munich.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Bogarde, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Tielemans, Onana, Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins

Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Olise, Musiala, Gnabry, Kane

Leon Bailey started against Ipswich at Portman Road, his first league start since he had to come off against Leicester in late August and it remains to be seen whether he will be fit enough to play two matches in quick succession.

Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn and Matty Cash all remain sidelined too.

Harry Kane was substituted early during Bayern’s 1-1 draw on Saturday against Bayer Leverkusen, and was holding his ankle after a collision. However he is not expected to be out for long, and said after the match: “It was painful, but it’s not too bad. I expect that I’ll be able to play against Aston Villa.”

Josip Stanišić, Sacha Boey, and Hiroki Ito are the other players who are sidelined for the Bavarians.

Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich kicks off at 8pm BST on Wednesday, October 2 at Villa Park, Birmingham.

The match will be shown live on TNT Sports 1 with coverage starting at 7pm. Subscribers can also watch the match via the Discovery+ app and website.

In their opening match, Bayern beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2, with Harry Kane netting four times. The goal difference of seven put them firmly at the top of the table after the first round of fixtures, although there is a chance Aston Villa could upset the Bavarian club.

Villa also won their opening match, beating Young Boys 3-0 in Switzerland, but they suffered a slight upset at the weekend, being held to a 2-2 draw against recently-promoted Ipswich.

Aston Villa have not played Bayern Munich since the 1982 European Cup final, when the English club lifted the trophy, but this is their first season since then in Europe’s top-tier competition.

Good evening and welcome to TheIndependent’s live coverage of tonight’s Champions League match between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich at Villa Park.

The fixture list throws together a repeat of the 1982 European Cup final – which was won 1-0 by Villa – and the Premier League side face the German giants in just their second season in the competition since that famous night in Rotterdam.

History has been kinder to Bayern since the early 80s, and the German giants sit top of the Bundesliga this season after four wins in five games.

But though Villa drew to newly promoted Ipswich 2-2 last week, the Villans are capable of taking points off the Bavarians in tonight’s match.

We’ll have all the latest build-up, updates and reaction right here.