Bayern will be without three players at Villa as they sweat on Kane
Aston Villa host Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday night
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Aston Villa welcome Bayern Munich’s star-studded squad to Villa Park on Wednesday night as they continue their Champions League adventure. Villa, who dropped points at Ipswich Town on Sunday, ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over Swiss side Young Boys in their first Champions League fixture, but Bayern represent among their toughest challenges.
Bayern sit top of the Bundesliga table as they bid to reclaim their crown which they lost to Bayer Leverkusen last season; manager Vincent Kompany’s reign has begun in impressive fashion, having secured 13 points from a possible 15 in the league and having stuck NINE past Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League already.
Right-back Sacha Boey, who the club only signed from Galatasaray this past summer, suffered a meniscus tear in training earlier this month and will be out until at least November. Fellow right-back Josip Stanisic tore his lateral knee ligament in another training session back in August and, like Boey, has also undergone surgery.
Centre half Hiroki Ito, too, broke his metatarsal in a pre-season friendly in the summer, and he has recently returned to the grass to complete running drills at the club’s training ground, but the Villa game will come much too soon for his competitive return.
