Villa face Celtic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for the first time in competitive football, Celtic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | become the 174th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Celtic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | are the fourth Scottish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | club Villa have faced after Hibs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | in 2023, Rangers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | in 1887 & Queen’s Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | in 1899 and 1884

Celtic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | are the second Scottish club to face Villa at Villa Park.

Villa’s only other game at home to Scottish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | opposition ended in a 3-0 victory over Hibs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | in 2023.

Villa have scored 16 goals in 6 games against Scottish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | opposition and conceded 9, 6 of those goals came in a single match - Villa’s FA Cup defeat to Queen’s Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | in 1884.

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | makes his 20th appearance in European competition for Villa 

John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | makes his 20th appearance in European competition for Villa

Both are 3rd in the all time list behind Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (28) & Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (27) for outfield players

Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | plays at centre back on his 70th start in a Villa shirt

Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | plays in midfield on his 10th start in a Villa shirt

Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | scores Villa’s first hat-trick in the European Cup / Champions League since Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | in 1982

Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes 2 assists in a game for the first time since May 2023 vs. Brighton and for the first time ever in European competition

Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes his 20th goal involvement - 13 ⚽ Goals and 🔥 7 Assists - on his 47th appearance in a Villa shirt. Doing so at a goal contribution rate of one for every 2.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | becomes the 5th Villa player to score a hat-trick in Europe after Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | vs. Dinamo in 1982, Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | vs. Vitória in 1983, Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | vs. Strømsgodset in 1998 and Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | v Hibs in 2023

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | scores his first goal in the Champions League on his 8th appearance.

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes his 116th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 201st appearance at a rate of one for every 1.73 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes his 12th goal involvement (9 ⚽ Goals and 🔥 3 Assists) in European competition on his 20th European appearance at a rate of one for every 1.67 games he has played in European so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | secures his 70th win on his 163rd appearance

Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | makes his 70th appearance under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | secures his 40th win under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | makes his 100th start under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes his 80th goal involvement in 111 appearances under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

After 117 Games Unai Emery has rhe best record of any Villa manager in history:   🥇 Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022- 1.76 PPG