📅 08/09/26🕒 16:45🏟️ Jan Breydel Stadium🧑⚖️ Sandro Schärer, Switzerland
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Club Brugge KV 2-3 Aston Villa — xTears 17.66 (08/09/26)
Aston Villa won 2-3 against Club Brugge KV on 8 September 2026 during Matchday 1 of the Champions League, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 17.66 xTears.
Even with the xTears split leaning slightly the other way, the heaviest moments for Aston Villa still ran through J. McGinn 11' goal (+1.41 xT) and H. Vetlesen 19' goal (+1.24 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Aston Villa punished better without fully owning the emotional volume.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
11'
Goal
0-1J. McGinn - Aston Villa
Assist: Pau Torres
19'
Goal
1-1H. Vetlesen - Club Brugge KV
Assist: Jan Virgili
22'
Goal
1-2E. Buendía - Aston Villa
Assist: João Gomes
43'
Goal
1-3N. Jackson - Aston Villa
Assist: Pau Torres
60'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
J. Seys - Club Brugge KV
61'
Penalty
2-3N. Tresoldi - Club Brugge KV
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.47
60'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.45 xT
J. Seys - Club Brugge KV
61'
Penalty
+1.43 xT
N. Tresoldi - Club Brugge KV
11'
Goal
+1.41 xT
J. McGinn - Aston Villa
Assist: Pau Torres
22'
Goal
+1.41 xT
E. Buendía - Aston Villa
Assist: João Gomes
All-out war
🟥
5.78
88'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
R. Vermant - Club Brugge KV
89'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
João Gomes - Aston Villa
62'
Yellow card
+0.99 xT
Jan Virgili - Club Brugge KV
48'
Yellow card
+0.93 xT
H. Vanaken - Club Brugge KV
Late drama
🔥
3.57
88'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
R. Vermant - Club Brugge KV
89'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
João Gomes - Aston Villa
86'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
R. Vermant for F. Potts - Club Brugge KV
86'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
M. Diakhon for Jan Virgili - Club Brugge KV
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
2.88
60'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.45 xT
J. Seys - Club Brugge KV
61'
Penalty
+1.43 xT
N. Tresoldi - Club Brugge KV
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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