Aston Villa hosted Bayern Munich last season

Aston Villa have confirmed their first pre-season friendly of the summer.

They will face German giants Bayern Munich in Hong Kong on Friday, August 7.

The match will be played at Kai Tak Stadium, the city’s newest state-of-the-art sporting venue, which has a capacity of 50,000.

It will be Villa’s first match in Hong Kong for 15 years, following a series of pre-season tours in the United States and Australia.

Villa beat Bayern in the Champions League league phase last season, securing a 1–0 victory at Villa Park thanks to a second-half goal from Jhon Durán.

The club has confirmed that additional fixtures in the Far East will be announced in due course, alongside domestic pre-season friendlies.

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