BSC Young Boys v Aston Villa Betting Tips [17 September 2024]

The first ever game in the new Champions League format will feature Swiss side Young Boys against Premier League outfit Aston Villa. The Tuesday match, hosted by Young Boys, will roll off the league phase of the competition. Read on for our prediction.

Young Boys booked their spot here courtesy of a 4-2 aggregate win against Galatasaray in the qualifiers. They get to play at this stage for the second season running and will hope to do better than last season.

While they mingle with the best in Europe, it hasn’t been an easy start to the season for the Swiss. They are bottom of the standings in the Swiss Super League.

In their last 15 Champions League matches, Patrick Rahmen’s charges won only four times. It will be a lift coming here with wins in their last two home Champions League matches.

Aston Villa resumed action after the international break with a comeback win at home to Everton on Saturday. Trailing 2-0 after 27 minutes, Villa put in a fine second half show to deny the Toffees a first win of the season.

Following that 3-2 victory, they will be on for a third straight win to mark their return to the Champions League. Three wins in four matches in the Premier League looks like a good warmup for Villa coming into this game.

Save for the defeat to Arsenal on Match Day 2, Unai Emery’s side has shown great attacking capability. Each of Jhon Duran, Ollie Watkins and Amadou Onana scored twice already this season.

The worry for the visitors is that they have no clean sheet so far this season.

Aston Villa have done well so far this season and will be eyeing a flying start on their Champions League return. They have an experienced manager in matters Europe and will hope this works for them.

The one area they have faltered is in defence, conceding in all their four matches. However, this they’ve made up for with a delivering attack, resulting in high scoring matches. Young Boys have also had similar issues and will hope to do well after a difficult start to the campaign.

Our prediction for Young Boys v Aston Villa is for both teams to score and over 2.5 goals.