Bayern Munich - Aston Villa FC live - Football

Bayern München and Aston Villa FC meet on 7 August 2026 at 13:00 BST at the state-of-the-art Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, as part of the inaugural Audi Football Summit 2026. Both clubs arrive fresh off remarkable trophy-laden seasons - Bayern as German double winners, Villa as UEFA Europa League champions - and their two competitive head-to-head meetings have both ended 1-0 to Aston Villa, making this a fascinating pre-season showdown.

Match Info: Bayern München vs Aston Villa FC

The clash between Bayern München and Aston Villa FC takes place on Friday, 7 August 2026 at 13:00 BST at Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong's Kai Tak district, forming part of Bayern's 10th Audi Summer Tour and the first-ever Audi Football Summit fixture in the city.

Where to Watch Bayern München vs Aston Villa FC?

UK-based supporters can follow the action online via Onefootball, FC Bayern.tv Plus or VillaTV, all of which hold global streaming rights for the fixture. There is no dedicated UK television broadcaster listed for this match.

Fans in the United States are particularly well served: online options include FOX One, Fubo TV and Paramount+, while CBS Sports Golazo and Fox Deportes carry the game on linear television. Across the Middle East and North Africa, STARZPLAY is the exclusive digital home of the fixture, covering Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia and the UAE.

In Australia, beIN Sports Connect Australia handles the live stream while beIN SPORTS 3 Australia airs the match on television; New Zealand viewers tune in via beIN SPORTS 1 New Zealand. The StarTimes App and Startimes World Football serve Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Congo and South Africa. Latin America is covered by Claro Sports on television, with Brazil additionally able to access Claro TV+ and Zapping online. Fans in India can stream via FanCode, those in Japan via U-Next, in Indonesia via Vidio and in Singapore via 111 mio Sports 1.

Match between Bayern München and Aston Villa FC - Preview

Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium hosts a mouthwatering pre-season showdown between two of Europe's most decorated clubs, who both celebrated major silverware in the 2025-26 campaign and now enter a new era with Champions League ambitions for 2026-27.

Bayern München arrive in Hong Kong having completed a domestic double in Germany, claiming a 34th Bundesliga title and a 21st DFB-Pokal triumph in the 2025-26 season. The Bavarians rounded off their campaign with a 3-0 win over Stuttgart in the cup final and signed off their Bundesliga with a 5-1 thumping of Cologne on 16 May. Their 10th Audi Summer Tour took them first to Jeju Island in South Korea - where they drew 0-0 with Jeju United on 4 August - before continuing to Hong Kong. Bayern have not played in the city since 2007.

Aston Villa, meanwhile, travel to Asia as UEFA Europa League champions for the first time in their history, having demolished Freiburg 3-0 in the Istanbul final on 20 May 2026, with goals from Tielemans, Buendía and Rogers. Unai Emery's side also secured a fourth-place finish in the Premier League, earning Champions League football for 2026-27. Villa's return to Hong Kong - their first visit in 15 years - represents a reward for one of English football's most remarkable recent transformations, and the meeting with Bayern will serve as an early-season examination of just how far the Birmingham club has come.

Head-to-Head: Bayern München vs Aston Villa FC

For two clubs of this stature, their competitive history is strikingly brief - just two meetings - yet both encounters are etched deep into European football folklore, with Aston Villa winning each one by the same 1-0 scoreline.

Here are all competitive meetings between Bayern München and Aston Villa FC:

• 26 May 1982 - European Cup (Final) - Bayern München 0:1 Aston Villa
• 2 October 2024 - UEFA Champions League - Aston Villa 1:0 Bayern München

Bayern München - Recent Form

Bayern München enter this pre-season fixture as Germany's dominant force - double champions of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in 2025-26 - though their summer preparations have been mixed, with one draw and one defeat from two pre-season outings so far.

The Bavarians' 2025-26 domestic campaign was outstanding: they beat Wolfsburg 1-0 on 9 May, demolished Cologne 5-1 on 16 May, then crowned the season with a 3-0 victory over Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal final on 23 May in Berlin. Summer preparations began less smoothly, with a 2-1 defeat to SV Wehen on 25 July, though they settled during their Asia tour opener against Jeju United on 4 August with a goalless draw. Facing Aston Villa in Hong Kong represents a substantial step up in quality and a real litmus test for Vincent Kompany's squad ahead of the new campaign.

Aston Villa FC - Recent Form

Aston Villa arrive in Hong Kong carrying the weight of history on their shoulders: reigning UEFA Europa League champions for the first time in club history, following their 3-0 final dismantling of Freiburg in Istanbul just eleven weeks ago.

Emery's side signed off a superb 2025-26 season with back-to-back victories - a 3-0 Europa League final win over Freiburg on 20 May and a 2-1 Premier League finale against Manchester City at the Etihad on 24 May, where Ollie Watkins scored twice, sealing a fourth-place finish. Pre-season, however, has brought more variable results: Villa thrashed Walsall 5-0 on 21 July but then fell 2-1 to Porto and 4-2 to Real Sociedad in late July. Those defeats reflect the experimental nature of summer football - squad rotation, tactical trials - rather than any alarming dip in form from the Europa League champions.

Facts and Statistics

Bayern München and Aston Villa FC have met only twice in competitive football, yet both encounters rank among the most iconic in European club history, with Villa producing the same stunning result on each occasion.

• Aston Villa have beaten Bayern München in both of their competitive meetings - in the 1982 European Cup Final and the 2024 UEFA Champions League - with an identical scoreline of 1-0 each time.
• Villa's 1982 European Cup win over Bayern in Rotterdam was secured by a single Peter Withe goal and remained their only European trophy until the 2026 UEFA Europa League title.
• Bayern München claimed their 34th Bundesliga title in 2025-26, securing it with four games to spare, and added a 21st DFB-Pokal for the German domestic double.
• Aston Villa's 3-0 victory over Freiburg in the 2026 Europa League final in Istanbul made them the first English club to win the competition since Manchester United in 2017.
• This match marks Bayern's first visit to Hong Kong since 2007 and Aston Villa's first appearance in the city in 15 years.