Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League clash between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich.
More than 40 years since they last met – for the 1982 European Cup final – Aston Villa and Bayern Munich will reconvene at Villa Park on Wednesday.
Both sides kicked off their Champions League campaigns with comfortable victories, and after an injury scare for Bayern’s main man, the visitors will try to follow up a spectacular nine-goal blitz in Birmingham. Meanwhile, Villa must make do without their influential captain.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up all the latest injury and suspension news for both clubs.
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ASTON VILLA
Out: John McGinn (hamstring), Tyrone Mings (fitness), Boubacar Kamara (fitness), Matty Cash (thigh)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins
BAYERN MUNICH
Out: Hiroki Ito (ankle), Sacha Boey (knee), Josip Stanisic (knee), Arijon Ibrahimovic (thigh)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Neuer; Guerreiro, Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane
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