13 mins: CLOSE! Leon Bailey whips in a corner towards the near post, Pau Torres escapes his marker to flick on dangerously towards goal.

His effort just clears the bar and lands on the roof of the net.

12 mins: Another yellow card for a Villa player and the home fans are not happy. Kamara this time, who catches his man late.

10 mins: Superb ball from Diego Carlos through to Watkins, who brings it down in the box but can’t release towards goal.

Eager to keep the pressure on, Tielemans tries to win the ball back on the edge of the area but fouls his man. A yellow card comes out for the Belgian, to the dismay of Villa Park.

8 mins: Juventus still using the majority of their possession in the back-line but release a lofted ball through towards Timothy who breaks the offside trap.

Martinez is off his line quickly and gets there before Weah to clear.

5 mins: Villa break down the right as Leon Bailey cuts into the box and tries to bend one into the corner. His effort is blocked by his own skipper, inadvertantly hitting John McGinn.

Rogers then commits a foul, bringing a break in play and a chance for Juventus to regroup.

3 mins: Juventus dominating the ball in the early stages, just ticking it across their back line.

Trying to stifle to rabid home crowd early on.

1 min: And we’re off! Timothy Weah gets us underway at Villa Park.

As you’d expect, we’ve got an electric atmosphere here, awash with anticipation.

Players are lining up, anthem at the ready. Kick-off is just moments away.

“We always say in football it’s very difficult, whether we play in our league or in Europe, we’ve had to learn to adapt to different competitions,” Emery told TNT Sports ahead of kick-off.

“Our challenge is to improve, to get better, to play in Europe and be competitive. Our challenge is to always try to play with personality and dominate the match.”