The continental competition curtain raiser is almost here! The UEFA Super Cup, featuring the previous season’s Champions League winner (Paris Saint-Germain) and Europa League winner (Aston Villa) kicks off in less than 72 hours.
Villa have three notable new injury concerns in Alejandro Garnacho, John McGinn and Leon Bailey.
The Villans have confirmed their traveling squad to Austria, and you can see that roster listed out in the Tweet from this Birmingham Live reporter below
UEFA have confirmed Aston Villa’s squad for the Super Cup.
GK: Martinez, Bizot, Wright, Asemota
DF: Cash, Nedeljkovic, Konsa, Lindelof, Torres, Mings, Maatsen, Bogarde, Cisse
M: Kamara, McGinn, Joao Gomes, Barkley
FW: Watkins, Abraham, Buendia, Garnacho, Guessand, Alysson#AVFC— John Townley (@johntownley11) August 6, 2026
UEFA Super Cup FYIs
Clash of the previous season’s UCL and UEL winners
Paris Saint-Germain vs Aston Villa
Date: Wednesday, August 12
Kickoff: 8pm Birmingham, 9pm Paris, Salzburg
Where: Stadion Salzburg, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
Aston Villa Preview Material: Team News Predicted Starting XI
Aston Villa Team News
McGinn (knee) and Garnacho (facial injury) both made the traveling squad, and they are basically 50/50 propositions to feature in midweek. Bailey (unspecified muscular injury) is ruled out of this one, as is the summer signing from Switzerland Johan Manzambi.
Meanwhile Amadou Onana (ACL) is ruled out for most, if not all of the upcoming season.
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