Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa: Villa’s perfect Champions League run ends in Spain

3rd November 2026

Updated 3 Nov 2026, 22:07 · First published 3 Nov 2026

⏱️ FULL TIME: Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa
Villa’s perfect Champions League record is over. Barcelona scored after seven minutes, then twice early in the second half (52′, 64′) to win comfortably.
📊 Shots on target: Barcelona 7, Villa 1. Possession: 63%-37%.
🏆 Villa stay on 9 points from four games, Barcelona move up to 9.

Aston Villa go to Barcelona tonight (Tuesday 3 November) with a perfect Champions League record. Kick-off is at 8pm UK time, and Unai Emery’s side can take another big step towards the last 16 with a fourth win in four.

⚽ Barcelona v Aston Villa at a glance
📅 Tuesday 3 November, 8pm (UK time)
🏆 Champions League league phase, matchday 4
📊 Villa: 2nd, 9 points from 3 games. Barcelona: 8th, 6 points
📺 Live in the UK on TNT Sports (check listings)

How have Aston Villa done in the Champions League so far?

Villa have won all three of their league-phase games, most recently a 3-1 home win over Norwegian side Viking on 21 October. Only Paris Saint-Germain sit above them on goal difference, with Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis also on nine points.

Barcelona have won two and lost one of their three games, leaving them eighth, the last of the automatic places for the round of 16. A win for the Spanish side would put them level with Villa on points.

Why does tonight matter?

In the 36-team league phase, the top eight go straight into the round of 16, teams ninth to 24th go into a play-off, and the bottom 12 are knocked out. Twelve points from four games would put Villa in a very strong position to finish in the top eight, with four matches still to play.

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Before the weekend, Emery said his priority was the Premier League, where Villa are 10th on 12 points. Expect some changes to his line-up, but the result in Spain will still go a long way to deciding how much pressure is on the final four European games.

Champions League table: top eight

Pos	Team	P	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain	3	9
2	Aston Villa	3	9
3	Liverpool	3	9
4	Real Madrid	3	9
5	Real Betis	3	9
6	VfB Stuttgart	3	7
7	Arsenal	3	7
8	Barcelona	3	6

Top eight qualify automatically for the round of 16. Before Tuesday’s games.

What other Champions League games are on tonight?

Manchester United host Roma at Old Trafford, also at 8pm. Earlier, at 5:45pm, Shakhtar Donetsk play Sporting and Galatasaray face VfB Stuttgart. Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich, Villarreal v PSG and Feyenoord v Inter are among the other 8pm kick-offs.

Sources: UEFA Champions League standings and fixtures (Sportradar), Flashscore. Photo: UEFA Champions League logo, Wikimedia Commons (public domain).