Aston Villa Report

John Townley

GOAL: Joao Gomes halves Villa's deficit with a lovely strike from the edge of the box to beat Manuel Neuer. Bayern Munich 2-1 #AVFC

John Townley

GOAL: Luis Diaz has been electric since coming on for Bayern in the 63rd minute. He's now added a second for the German champions. Bayern Munich 2-0 #AVFC

John Townley

HT: Villa trail at the break after Kim Min-Jae headed in Tom Bischof's free-kick. Villa had just one effort on target in the first half and, aside from Brian Madjo's physicality, did not cause many problems for the German champions before the interval. Bayern Munich 1-0 #AVFC

John Townley

GOAL: Kim Min-Jae heads in from Tom Bischof's free-kick. Bayern Munich 1-0 #AVFC

John Townley

Underway at the Kai Tak Stadium... Bayern Munich 0-0 #AVFC

John Townley

#AVFC starting XI vs Bayern Munich: Bizot; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Gomes; Guessand, Buendia, Hemmings; Madjo. Subs: Wright, Asemota, Mings, Abraham, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Rowe, Burrowes, Carroll, Lynch.

John Townley

Bayern Munich starting XI vs #AVFC: Neuer; Boey, Tah, Kim, Laimer; Pavlovic, Bischof; Cardozo, Binder, Brown; Ibrahimovic. Subs: Ulreich, Podar-Stiube, Urbig, Kimmich, Diaz, Palhinha, Ito, Chavez, Bara, Manuba, Stanisic, Della Rovere, Assomo.

AVFC The Religion

Brazilian defender Roger Ibañez has halted contract extension talks with Al-Ahli after attracting interest from several Premier League clubs Aston Villa have made repeated contact with the Brazilian’s reps but no concrete offer has been submitted at this stage. @sachatavolieri

John Townley

Aston Villa will wear their new blue third shirt against PSG in the UEFA Super Cup next week, with white shorts and white socks instead of claret shorts and socks. #AVFC

Jacob Tanswell

Brian Madjo - A popular, precocious, “physical monster” now free to play. His story at Aston Villa, so far... Piece @theathleticfc.bsky.social #AVFC https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7493718/2026/08/07/brian-madjo-aston-villa-striker