Paris Saint-Germain vs Aston Villa: Line-ups revealed as Emery looks to topple former club
The Premier League side will have to be at their best to beat the French champions.
Aston Villa will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Arsenal and overcome the odds in their Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain.
Luis Enrique’s side remain one of the hot favourites to win the competition after dumping Liverpool out in the previous round, but Unai Emery is a magician in Europe.
The Villans had no problem dispatching Club Brugge previously and face a different level of beast in the recently crowned French champions.
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez added fuel to the fire by wearing his World Cup winners’ cap on the plane journey across the channel, setting this up to be a fiery clash in Paris.
Read on to see how both teams line-up.
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Paris Saint-Germain line-up
The Parisians have arrived! 🏟️@Dior #PSGAVFC I @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/G8xIsc6FJj
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) April 9, 2025
PSG’s star-studded starting is set to shine again.
Gianluigi Donnarumma is in goal, behind Achraf Hakimi, Lucas Beraldo, Willian Pacho and Nuno Mendes.
Then comes a midfield three featuring Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves.
On the wings will be Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Ousmane Dembele stars up front for the Parisians.
Aston Villa line-up
Team news is in 👊 UP THE VILLA pic.twitter.com/UON4uTAAPj
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) April 9, 2025
Villa will likely have a lot of defending to do in this match.
Emiliano Martinez will be busy in goal, as will the back four of Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres and Lucas Digne.
A midfield two of Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans will operate at the Parc des Princes.
Morgan Rogers jouns John McGinn and Jacob Ramsey in attack.
Marcus Rashford gets the nod up top.