Opta supercomputer predicts PSG vs Aston Villa first leg of Champions League quarter-final
Opta ‘s supercomputer predicts the results of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, quarter-finals, first leg. Paris Saint-Germain has guaranteed the French Ligue 1 championship and is preparing to open the Parc des Princes to meet “The Aston Villa”, 7th in the Premier League table. With the match to be held in the middle of the night on Wednesday, April 8, 2025 at 2:00 a.m. Thailand time. ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี This pair has never dueled before.
For Opta’s prediction, PSG is predicted to win at home 64.2%, Aston Villa wins away 16.5%. And ends in a draw 19.3%.
The other pair on the same night,
Barcelona vs. Dortmund,
won 65.7%, won 16.1%, drew 18.2%.
Interesting stats
: This is the first official meeting between PSG and Aston Villa. And the second in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League between French and English teams in the past eight seasons (Manchester City 1-3 Lyon in a single match in 2019-20).
Unai Emery has won just two of his 10 games against Luis Enrique as a manager (D1 L7). With both victories coming at home.
Aston Villa will be the fourth English team PSG have faced in the Champions League this season (Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool).
Before knocking Liverpool out of the last 16, PSG had been eliminated in the last three knockout rounds against English teams (vs. Man City in 2015-16 and 2020-21, and v. Man Utd in 2018-19).
Aston Villa have never won an away game against French opposition in European competition (D2 L3), with their last two away games both defeats under Emery – at Lille in April 2024 (1-2) and at Monaco in January 2025 (0-1).